Hi Moving to the top panel requires pressing Control-Alt-Shift-Tab. First, press Control -Alt-Tab to get to the bottom panel though. I think you maybe can press Alt-F1, Escape, and then Control -Alt-Shift-Tab. I've been away from it for a few weeks so please forgive me if this last thing doesn't work.
Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 4/8/2015 5:26 PM To: Dave Hunt<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Support] Ubuntu-Mate Accessibility Review (1st draft) I think I will stay away from mate sounds like it needs some serious work On 4/8/2015 3:20 PM, Dave Hunt wrote: > This is a brief account of my experience with Ubuntu-Mate 15.04 Beta > 2. If I were unfamiliar with Mate, and its accessibility quirks, I'd > have had a lot of trouble; things are not really intuitive. Review > below... > > > HTH, > > > Dave > > > > When the live system booted, I got the sound of bongos. At this point, > I used 'ctrl+s' to toggle speech on. The introductory dialogue, with > "install Ubuntu" and "Try Ubuntu" options is fully accessible; I > tabbed to "try", and hit the space key. My system went into a > desktop; I only knew it was ready by the long absence of drive > activity; an introductory sound would be helpful, here. When I figured > that enough time had passed, I used 'alt+super+s' keys to toggle the > speech on; this is a nice feature, and familiar to those using GNOME > 3. Orca came on, as expected, but nothing was focused. I just > happened to try 'ctrl+alt+d' and found that the desktop gets focus. > From here, I could set my screen reader preferences in the expected > way. Once I had Orca set up, I started exploring the menu system, by > entering with 'alt+f1' keys. I found the expected three-column menu > set on the top panel. I exited the menus and tried getting to the top > panel, with 'alt+ctrl+tab' and 'alt+ctrl+esc' keys, but could only get > to the bottom panel. Even with focus on the bottom, I found no way to > reach the top, where my wifi options are likely shown. I went back > into the menus, and found Preferences. In the 'look and feel' section, > I found a new item called Mate Tweak, which I started, with hopes of > messing with the interface. I found panels options, including Ubuntu > Mate, Ubuntu Mate with Mate Menu, and an interesting one-- Redmond. > Once I chose this option and left the tweak tool, I found I had a > single-panel layout, with a single column of menus, similar to the > layout you'd find on Trisquel 7. I had to use 'ctrl+alt+escape' to get > to the panels, though, even after binding 'ctrl+alt+tab' for switching > between desktop and panels. Anyway, once I got to the new bottom > panel, I could connect to my wifi as expected. Having unlocked this > monumental achievement, I launched a web browser, just to check > connectivity. Since all seemed well, I closed the browser, and hit the > 'install' button on the desktop. > > The installer is a typical session of Ubiquity, about which many of us > have written before; it hasn't changed much, in terms of > accessibility, since 14.04; I will mention, however, I had to toggle > Orca a few times, when switching from one page to the next. > > When I started my new system, I found that the login greeter did not > come up talking, as it would in Trisquel. The 'f4' keystroke got Orca > talking on the dialogue, but attempts to explore it caused the greeter > to crash, thereby preventing logins. I gave the 'reboot' command from > another console, and waited. This time, the greeter came up talking, > and I just entered my password. A talking Mate session, set up almost > according to a previously-made configuration, came up. In the new > session, "alt+ctrl+tab' does not work as it should, though it is shown > as bound in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialogue. I set the Redmond panel > layout, as mentioned above, and did a few post-install things. The > system is now running. > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [email protected] > http://sonargnulinux.com/mailman/listinfo/support_sonargnulinux.com _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://sonargnulinux.com/mailman/listinfo/support_sonargnulinux.com
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