165314 - Menus: must release Alt key to select a menu item

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 52007

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Jonathan Stone]

In mozilla 1.1 (and 1.0), if you hold down the Alt key, then press the
underlined letter (hotkey) for a menu (like G for the Go menu), the menu will
drop down. This is good. If you then press the underlined letter for a menu
subitem, like H for Home (we're still in the Go menu here) WITHOUT releasing the
Alt key, the menu subitem is not activated; and in this case, the Help menu is
activated instead.

Expected behavior:
The Windows standard allows you to keep the Alt key down when pressing the
hotkey for a menu subitem. In this case you should be able to press and hold
down Alt, press and release G, then press and release H, and finally release
Alt. The application should interpret that series of keystrokes by invoking the
Home subitem of the Go menu.

Why this is a problem:
You can access hotkeys MUCH MUCH FASTER if you don't have to release the alt key
before pressing the subitem key. For those of us who avoid the mouse in favor of
the speedier keyboard, this is a big deal. Not to mention the fact that this bug
forces users to behave differently when using Mozilla than when using all other
Windows software.

If you need any further information, feel free to send me an email.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

related/dup: bug 39275, bug 52007

Comment 2

[Jonathan Stone]

Yup, this is a duplicate of 52007.
Marking as such.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 52007 ***

Comment 3

[:deanis74]

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