Re: Weird behavior with mates top panel

[Colomban Wendling <cwendling@hypra.fr>]

Hello Kenneth,

Yes, when you land on the "Applications/Places/System" menu, arrowing 
will navigate the menu, just like any regular application's menu.  This 
can get a bit odd when you were arrowing over the other panel items 
before, though.

The way you're supposed to deal with this is either only use Tab to go 
from item to item, or use it only to escape the menu: once you're on the 
menu, hit Escape to close the menus, then Tab to go to the next item.

I think this has always been the behavior of this menu, and feel like 
it's consistent with regular menus.  However, if there's a compelling 
reason supported my enough people, it might be something that can be 
changed in the future I guess.

Regarding Alt+F1: yes, it opens the main menu, but does *not* focus the 
top panel.  The idea is that the focus should go back to where it was 
before you triggered Alt+F1 once the menu closes.

Regards,
Colomban

Le 20/04/2025 à 11:59, Kenneth a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed something odd, that i think is a odd behaviour.
>
> When i log in to my Debian 12.10 bookworm, and press ctrl + alt + tab to 
> get focus on the top panel, i experiece a weird behaviour, that if i 
> press right arrow, i get to the one side and left to the other side 
> (That part is no weird), but, if i keep pressing multiple times either 
> left or right i will always be stuck on the one with "programs, places 
> and system menu". Im not able to get back to the calendar, wifi, battery 
> etc. unless i press ctrl + alt + tab and must sometimes change focus to 
> the desktop or bottom panel and then again back to the top panel to be 
> able to get to the menus in the top panel with battery, calendar, wifi 
> etc..
>
> Can someone confirm this weird behaviour, and or maby know if its me who 
> is doing something wrong?
> I can access the menu with "programs, places and system settings by 
> pressing "alt + F1" but this does not let me get access to "battery, 
> calender, wifi etc."
>
> Best kind regards
> Kenneth