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Re: [orca-list] Debian Desktop - Top Panel?

Hi Steve
It sounds to me as if you do not have a top panel at the moment. It's been a while since I've used Debian, so I'm not sure what their default configuration is, but it is possible to set GNOME up in many different ways. It could be that you do not currently have a top panel, or perhaps you accidentally removed it without intending to? If you don't have a top panel, no worries you can always put a panel there if you want. 


On Mar 13, 2009, at 23:03, Steve Holmes wrote:
I wanna keep this on the list so others can chime in if they have anything. The next time I'm back in Linux, I will check the control- alt tab sequence. I actually thought that was what I did to get into the bottom panel but don't remember for sure right now. I just know that I can't get into the top panel if there is one. That's why my question in the first place. I can't seem to do anything to get to a top panel. 

On 3/13/2009 2:48 AM, James & Nash wrote:

Ubuntu does Steve, so I would imagine that would Debian too. Have you
tried Ctrl + Alt + Tab to cycle throgh the various options.
Just as an aside, I have noticed that using Orca 2.25.92, Orca sometimes 
will not read the system menu. It will do after a couple of tries at
navigating to it but I wonder if these problems are connected?

Take cafre

james


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Yeah, that works fine to navigate around in the main body of the
desktop but for some distros, there is a top and bottom panel. On my
Debian system, I can use the tab key to get me to the bottom panel but 
from what I can tell on my Debian box there is no top panel or Orca
won't navigate to it with the tab key. Am I missing something or does 
Debian not implement a top panel of the desktop?

On 3/11/2009 12:20 PM, James & Nash wrote:

yes as far as I know, using arrow keys is standard - at least it is
for me.

James

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Well, I'm using the default schemes, whatever those are and I never moved anything around. Is there any easier way to "find" the top bar or any of its contents? If one should choose a different theme, what 
would be the best choice? I would think Orca should work with the
defaults that got installed. The only other thing I could think of is 
maybe I need to install another package or two?

Also in a similar vane, is the menu structure from alt-f1 a single
vertical tree? When I used Dropline-gnome under Slackware, there was 3 or 4 pull-downs across, kind of like in MS windows. In my case, it is all navigated by going up and down and using the right arrow key to get into the sub menus. Is this standard behavior for Debian users? 

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:07:59PM -0600, Alonzo wrote:

hello Steven,

Yes, it has a top panel. You may wantot try changing your desktop
background. Just Alt-f1, locate preferences and appearance. once
there,
change your background. I know orca does not speak and tell you the background names, but you can test and see which one works for you. It 
coudl alsy be that your panels are moved around. If i remember
correctly,
if your panels are not in the default location, they will not be
anounced by Orca.

Alonzo

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Does the gnome desktop in Debian actually have a top panel? When I do a Ctrl-Alt-D, I get focused to the desktop as expected but when I 
keep
pressing Ctrl-Alt-Tab, I only rotor between the main part of the
desktop and the bottom panel. Is this proper behavior or is there a 
bug some place? I can't tell if there is actually a top bar
showing on
the desktop or not. I'm running Debian Lenny with Experimental
version
of gnome-orca.
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