Disabled toolbar items are skipped when using keyboard navigation but toolbox items in the sidebar are not. Here are steps to reproduce: 1. open the Sidebar Navigator deck 2. click on Headings 3. press ESC key focus rectangle is around deck title 4. press TAB TAB navigation toolbox dropdown is highlighted 5. press left arrow key Demote Level toolbox item is not highlighted since it is disabled but this is where the keyboard focus is 6. press left arrow key Promote Level toolbox item is not highlighted since it is disabled but this is where the keyboard focus is 7. press left arrow key Headings Levels Shown is highlighted
Confirmed on LibreOffice 6.0.1.1 on Ubuntu Linux 17.10.1. Version: 6.0.1.1 Build ID: 1:6.0.1~rc1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1~lo1 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.13; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: group Changing status to NEW.
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=10496770a6c4ba870787f20a4f0948c30e3d59cd tdf#115602 keyboard navigation: Skip disabled toolbox items It will be available in 6.1.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.