ubuntu 12.04 and alt+tab

[Alan Bell]

On 13/03/12 21:22, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> Hi, I don't have an answer, but can you test something please?
> 1. Launch terminal.
> 2. Press the alt key, only the alt key.
>
> What happens?
> In my environment orca reads shell filler.
> Thanks.
>
I think this is because it has opened the HUD which is a thing a bit 
like the dash visually, it is a search box that searches through the 
menu of the current application. It is not correctly accessible at the 
moment which is a shame, it consists of a field and 5 suggestions below 
of what you might mean. For example if you have focus in gedit you can 
hit alt and type "insert" and the top option in the list of 5 will be 
"edit > insert date and time". It does some fuzzy matching and guesswork 
to come up with the suggestions. Last time I tested it read out all 5 
suggestions in unity2d as "push button" and was silent in unity3d which 
is sub-optimal.
this is bug 949445
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-appmenu/+bug/949445

and I am sure that Ted and Gord will be right on to this soon

Alan.

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