Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] menu navigation issue

Adding the Orca list to this discussion, as the bug may be a GTK or Orca 
issue, as Michael helpfully details below.

On 11/6/24 00:39, Michael Weghorn wrote:
> On 2024-06-10 14:14, Jason J.G. White wrote:
> > I noted the following on the Orca mailing list recently, but others 
> > were unable to reproduce it.
> >
> > The issue below is not a priority for me at the moment, but I'm 
> > reporting it here in case it can be resolved to prevent others from 
> > encountering it.
> >
> > Environment: LibreOffice 24.2.4, GNOME 46.2, recent Orca version from 
> > the main Git branch, Arch Linux distribution. I also tried the 
> > version of LibreOffice available as a flatpak, with the same results.
> >
> > Steps to Reproduce
> >
> > 1. From LibreOffice Calc or LibreOffice Writer (both tested), F10 to 
> > move focus to the menus. The File menu item is in focus, and Orca 
> > presents it.
> >
> > 2. Right-Arrow.
> >
> > Expected Result: focus should move to the Edit menu, and subsequent 
> > left/right-arrow navigation should move among the top-level menu items.
> >
> > Actual result: focus seems to move back into the document. I am 
> > unable to navigate the menus reliably. Using the Alt key with various 
> > letters does bring focus to the respective top-level menu items.
>
> I can reproduce something similar with gtk3-demo and Orca git main, so 
> it looks like an issue in either GTK or Orca to me, not in LibreOffice:
>
> 1) start gtk3-demo
> 2) start the "Menus" sample app
> 3) press F10 to put focus on the menu (the first item: "test line")
> 4) press right arrow
>
> Actual result:
>
> Keyboard focus visually moves to the next menu item "foo" as expected 
> (visually), but Orca announces "Flip, push button" (which is the 
> button in the sample program that has focus once the menu gets 
> collapsed again)
>
> Expected result: The newly focused menu item should get announced: 
> "foo, menu"
>
> This isn't 100% reproducible: When further moving back and forth 
> between the menu items using the arrow keys, announcement is usually OK.
>
> Versions used, on Debian testing:
>
> libgtk-3-0:amd64 3.24.41-1
> Orca git main as of commit 9b8d9ffd8793bf3a1176fed77b4ce283a43cefe8

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