There's more to it than just that. The first time one enters information
into the Add Account dialog and hits Alt+A, it changes to the Advanced
tab. After that, Alt+A goes down to the first widget with a label
beginning with 'A'. (e.g. with AIM protocol, "Always use..."; with XMPP,
"Allow plaintext...") In order to even get to the Add button, one must
repeatedly hit Alt+A to cycle through the widgets with the 'A' shortcut
key, then hit Enter.

I don't know if this is a bug or an intended feature. I personally would
not have chosen to do that if I had developed the UI. Alt modified keys
should stick with tabs and buttons. Let the widgets inside remain
without shortcut keys, or at the very least take lower priority than the
tabs and buttons.

** Summary changed:

- duplicate keyboard shortcuts in Add Account dialog
+ Unintuitive duplicate keyboard shortcuts in Pidgin's Add Account dialog

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Unintuitive duplicate keyboard shortcuts in Pidgin's Add Account dialog
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399757
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