Dash - No keyboard shortcuts for switching lenses

Bug #842086 reported by jhfhlkjlj
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Fix Released
High
John Lea
Unity
Fix Released
Medium
Robert Carr
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Robert Carr

Bug Description

With lenses being added to the main dash there is no longer any keyboard shortcut to activate a certain lens. If I want to search through music or applications I must use the mouse.

Please add keyboard accessibility for Unity's dash lenses.

Desired Resolution:

- When the Dash is open, the TAB key should move the user between the lenses in left to right order.
- When the Dash is open, SHIFT + TAB should move the user between lenses in right to left order

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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

bug 834078 could be related but not sure if it covers the case where dash is already open

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
John Lea (johnlea)
description: updated
Changed in ayatana-design:
assignee: nobody → John Lea (johnlea)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: onew udo
summary: - No keyboard shortcuts for switching lenses
+ Dash - No keyboard shortcuts for switching lenses
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Robert Carr (robertcarr)
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Robert Carr (robertcarr)
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

I propose shift+tab should also cycle back just for the sake of consistency :)

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Robert Carr (robertcarr)
Changed in unity:
milestone: none → 4.16.0
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Robert Carr (robertcarr) wrote :

Fixed. Including shift+tab behavior.

Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
John Lea (johnlea)
description: updated
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.16.0-0ubuntu1

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unity (4.16.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in nux::GpuDevice::GetGpuInfo()
      (LP: #765375)
    - F10 doesn't start keyboard navigation to the panel (LP: #839628)
    - Change on the at-spi accessibility-toolkit can affect also Unity
      (LP: #844927)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV when a lens is shutting down (LP: #848675)
    - [UIFe] Radiance panel icons are unreadable and ugly when panel goes
      transparent with Dash (LP: #828862)
    - window switcher stuck (not only, but can be triggered with Onboard)
      (LP: #832033)
    - Window titlebar is click through after raising a minimized window
      (LP: #840285)
    - Alt+Shift+` does not work in symmetry with Alt+` (LP: #843250)
    - UIFe: Alt-Tab: Update layout behavior to make previews larger and
      outline active preview (LP: #847944)
    - windows clipped on resize (LP: #848962)
    - Alt-tab - Add orange border to selected window in alt-tab window spread
      (LP: #838114)
    - Launcher - the direction the Launcher is scrolled with the mouse wheel
      is inverted (LP: #839703)
    - Launcher - the rendering of the BFB and Lens squircle does not match the
      design (LP: #838708)
    - Alt-Tab - In the app window spread, all windows should have the same
      height, only the width should vary (LP: #838110)
    - Launcher - the background of the Launcher should be tinted using the
      average colour of the wallpaper (LP: #850068)
    - Alt-tab - It is currently very difficult to see pips in the left of the
      app icon for the currently selected app (LP: #838134)
    - Launcher - Auto scroll missing from the top of the Launcher
      (LP: #838744)
    - Scope searches blocks the lens (LP: #850816)
    - Shortcuts SUPER+1...9 doesn’t work until opening a window (LP: #768076)
    - Dash closes prematurely when dragging apps into the launcher
      (LP: #773892)
    - Dash - As soon as a user starts dragging a .png file from the Dash, the
      file icon turns into a grey question mark (LP: #764447)
    - Dash shows an empty icon for some applications. (LP: #830887)
    - Windows are click through after restore from minimize (LP: #834034)
    - Dash - No keyboard shortcuts for switching lenses (LP: #842086)
    - Dash search for files states "two more results" but doesn't display them
      (LP: #840005)
    - <meta>+<shift>+<launcher #> to start a new instance of a program doesn't
      work anymore (LP: #842977)
    - Alt-tab - Cross interactions between Alt-tab and Dash are broken
      (LP: #844021)
    - UIFe: Dash - Shape and positioning of most of the elements in the Dash
      need adjustment (Part 2) (LP: #844889)
    - Alt-Tab - make pause to spread default alt-tab behaviour. Upgrade
      existing installs as well. (LP: #838075)
    - Do not install unity-preference (LP: #847599)
    - Update unity --distro to latest plugins installed (LP: #847799)
    - off by one error in count of additional results in a category
      (LP: #848218)
    - UIFe - Launcher - The background of the BFB, Workspace Switcher, Lens,
    ...

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Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
John Lea (johnlea)
tags: added: reviewedbydesigno
removed: udo
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