Version: 7.1.3.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 47f78053abe362b9384784d31a6e56f8511eb1c1 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB Calc: threaded This issue has also been reported recently on LO "Questions": https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/309597/about-using-alt-key-to-access-tabs-and-shortcuts/ 1. Open a document in Writer. 2. Select a word or phrase (say). 3. Now try to select the "Capitalise every word command" using the accessibility shortcuts: ALT (hold), then press O then X then C. EXPECTED RESULT: The shortcut letters should ALREADY be underlined in ALL menus – without the user having to press Alt. Pressing the letter keys O, X, C should successively highlight the relevant options in the primary and subsidiary menus, and finally activate the command. ACTUAL RESULT: The shortcut letters only appear in the primary menu when you press Alt. The Alt + letter combinations do not work at all in the secondary or tertiary menus (and there is no underlining in the latter), so nothing can be selected, and no command activated. This works OK in Windows. One user reports in the Questions forum that the feature works in another Linux Distro, so could it be specifically a Linux Mint issue? See also Bug 142791.
GTK3 but what Linux DE? Can not confirm on Windows builds. =-Testing-= Version: 7.1.4.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1) ..but what Linux distro and DE?
As in related bug 142791, this is the behavior for GNOME 3 based desktop environments. Rather than press <Alt> and hold-it, you press release (to expose) and then press the accelerators in sequence you need. => NAB
OK, in that case, the ALT behaviour IS working as expected on Linux Mint 20.1. Close thread?