Bug 160426 - Pressing Alt key doesn't highlight menus.
Summary: Pressing Alt key doesn't highlight menus.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 160075
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.1.2 release
Hardware: Other Windows (All)
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: bibisected, bisected, regression
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Reported: 2024-03-29 23:29 UTC by luedriver
Modified: 2024-03-30 03:46 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description luedriver 2024-03-29 23:29:13 UTC 
Description:
Press Alt.
This would highlight/select your menus.
Press D.
This would select "Data".
Press S.
This would select "Sort".


And right now, you have to do:

keep alt key Pressed down and then press D.
Press S.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Press Alt.
2.Press D.
3.Press S.

Actual Results:
doesn't open menu, instead just writes ds in cell

Expected Results:
Press Alt.
This would highlight/select your menus.
Press D.
This would select "Data".
Press S.
This would select "Sort".


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 24.2.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d56cc158d8a96260b836f100ef4b4ef25d6f1a01
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-AU (en_AU); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Tex2002ans 2024-03-30 00:09:14 UTC 
I verified this bug in:

Version: 24.2.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d56cc158d8a96260b836f100ef4b4ef25d6f1a01
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22631; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

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I bibisected it using:

- win64-24.2

down to this exact commit:

- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=45023ae9619cdc4332afb8f743d1695a23e8d866

author	Mike Kaganski <mike.kaganski@collabora.com>	2024-01-10 19:48:16 +0600
committer	Xisco Fauli <xiscofauli@libreoffice.org>	2024-01-12 19:30:52 +0100
commit 45023ae9619cdc4332afb8f743d1695a23e8d866 (patch)
tree 39d2091f4f727df85e5a9e6aec8a8e8329389f4b
parent 6ed4050f16265bfb02090592c6e88813796ac68d (diff)
tdf#156443, tdf#159079, tdf#158112: support Windows Alt codes >=256

So I am CCing Mike Kaganski to this one.

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In slightly earlier LO Calc, it worked as:

1. Press "Alt"
   - Selects menus.
2. Press "D"
   - Selects "Data" menu.
3. Press "S"
   - Selects "Sort" menu.

Now, you have to:

1. Press "Alt+D"
2. Press "S"

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Is this an accessibility issue? I always thought "Alt" quickly let you "go into menus", then you can press arrows / extra keys from there to move through menus as needed.

(At least that's how I recall it working in almost every program I've ever tried it in...)

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Side Note: This user first submitted the bug on the LibreOffice subreddit:

- https://www.reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/1bqk254/alt_key_doesnt_work_in_calc_after_update/kx6fypq/
Comment 2 Mike Kaganski 2024-03-30 03:46:24 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 160075 ***