Re: Accessibility of Gnome panel / How to end session via keyboard

[zitt mailist sub18-175 member dsl-only net (John Zitterkopf)]

> Press alt-f1 to open the main menu.  This seems to work no 
> matter where
> you night be. Control-alt-tab doesn't always work and you could end up
> jumping off the pannel instead of going to it.
> Press up arrow once to select the logout button
> Press enter to activate the menu option.
> Press shift-tab to select ok in the log out dialog.

I already use this method; but find that is isn't 100% reliable.

I haven't figured out what causes it; but sometimes "applications" isn't
selected. Sometimes one of the other menu items is selected. If "Applications"
isn't selected; the "logout" isn't selected.

If we look at Microshaft's implementation... you can do the following:
<CTRL><ESC> (brings up start menu)
S <selects Shutdown>
U <selects Shutdown> or R <selects Reboot>
<ENTER> (confirms selection)

Ideally, I'd like to see Gnome do simular things:
<ALT><F1> (brings up foot menu>
L <selects Log Off>
etc.

IF I wanted to hack in this capability; where in the source code would I look?

John