No keyboard navigation for libindicate based applets

[Jacob Schmude]

Unless you're like me and prefer the power button shut down the system
without asking I guess. It's still a bug either way.

On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 10:59 -0500, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
> The best way I found to get out of the panel when stuck is to press the power button on the computer, which brings up the shutdown dialogue which Orca will properly focus on.
> 
> Ignasi
> On Feb 10, 2010, at 7:52 AM, Luca Ferretti wrote:
> 
> > Il giorno mar, 09/02/2010 alle 13.21 -0700, Jacob Schmude ha scritto:
> >> Hi
> >> Actually this isn't quite true although the method for focusing them
> >> isn't obvious, nor is it obvious that you are on the indicator applet.
> > 
> > IMHO it's wrong ;) The proper panel item keyboard interaction should be
> > as described here
> > 
> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/keynav-5.html
> > 
> >> Basically, tab around the panel until you hear "menu bar" one to the
> >> left of the clock. Press the right arrow. 
> > 
> > I wasn't using speech or braille display. The applets should also have a
> > visual indication of current focus, but libindicate applet are missing
> > this.
> > 
> >> 1. Indicator is not identified as such, this would be easily fixable. It
> >> is identified as "menu bar" instead which, while technically correct in
> >> a sense as it does function similar to a menu, isn't descriptive enough
> >> since there's already the main menu bar on the panel.
> > 
> > Yes, developers should provide a a11y unique name for each libindicate
> > based applet. I think this could be easy, 'cause basically are just
> > menus.
> > 
> >> 2. While doing this, sometimes you get stuck on the panel and can only
> >> tab between the indicator and the clock. The only way out of it I've
> >> found is to click the mouse somewhere else. This is more nasty. None of
> >> the task switching or panel switching keystrokes will work if you get
> >> into this situation.
> > 
> > True, this is really really bad.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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