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In Firefox we're used to being able to select a menu (such as Bookmarks
or History) with alt+B/H and then type a letter that corresponds with
the start of the entry in this sub-menu. This doesn't work in Unity 3D
(I haven't checked in 2D, though I will if there's doubt about that).
To be clear: sub-menu shortcuts do still work if they're underlined,
e.g. alt+H for help, A for About. I'm used to using Ubuntu 10.10 where
the bookmarks (and history) menus work fine as I describe. And in
10.10, if there are several entries with the same initial letter, one
can press the key multiple times to cycle through the choices.
Please do not helpfully post klugey workarounds for this problem. I'm
well aware I can pick up the mouse and get around the problem.
I assume this is a Unity problem rather than Firefox, but I'll be happy
to investigate further if it's needed, provide detailed screenshots or
whatever.
I've checked that it exists on Unity 3D and 2D. I've also installed
xubuntu-desktop and logged into Xubuntu session. Xubuntu appears to be
using the same Firefox (same content in About box) but here Firefox
works fine.
By the way, I would have logged this bug several weeks ago, if it were
evident how to submit bugs from a browser on another system. I don't
run 12.04 myself, I noticed this failure on my wife's PC. It seems
strange that I can't submit a bug just by going to bugs.launchpad.net.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic-pae 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: gill 1513 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120423122624
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not
found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xfe600000 irq 53'
Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,1043841b,00100302
HDA:80862805,80862805,00100000'
Controls : 49
Simple ctrls : 21
Channel: release
Date: Sat May 26 22:12:26 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.3.1 dev eth0 proto static
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.3.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.3.221 metric 1
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122624 (Running)
RfKill:
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/26/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1104
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P8H67-M PRO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1104:bd09/26/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8H67-MPRO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise release-channel
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Firefox sub-menu initial letter shortcuts don't work in Unity
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004994
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