RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibreOffice Writer 24.2.1.2 for Windows: Pressing the Alt Key by Itself No Longer Moves Focus to the Menu Bar

Hi. I'm 99% sure that pressing the alt key by itself did used to move focus
to the menu bar. However, I'll check out the master you referenced.

David Goldfield,
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-----Original Message-----
From: V Stuart Foote <vsfoote@libreoffice.org> 
Sent: Monday, March 4, 2024 3:59 PM
To: David Goldfield <david.goldfield@comcast.net>; LibreOffice Accessibility
Group <accessibility@global.libreoffice.org>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibreOffice Writer 24.2.1.2 for
Windows: Pressing the Alt Key by Itself No Longer Moves Focus to the Menu
Bar

On 2024-03-04 12:58, David Goldfield wrote:
> Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community ...
>
> In previous versions pressing the alt key by itself moved focus to the 
> menu bar. While I can still press key combinations such as alt-f to 
> open the File menu pressing just the alt key does nothing. Pressing 
> f10 moves focus to the menu bar but pressing alt is a bit easier. Is 
> this a bug or was it a deliberate change? I can't locate any options 
> in Settings to revert this behavior.

Hi David,

Like Jason, but on Windows, <Alt> key alone has never focused to the main
menu with AT enabled.

F10, or cycling F6 remains the core keyboard and assistive technology
movement. Nothing has changed.

Please note thought that for the current master against a 24.8.0 release,
handling of the Alt key has been adjusted as for tdf#54169 (
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54169 ) to follow os/DE
settings. Which, with a MS Windows assistive technology tools enabled
signal, should toggle enabled with a screen reader in use.  You can check a
current nightly of master and check for any impact.

Stuart

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