Re: [orca-list] problems to use alt+f2

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

If the application launches, but Orca provides no feedback, it suggests 
that Orca is not being notified of the keys you are pressing. Orca needs 
these notifications for key echo, and it also uses them as part of its 
logic to determine what to echo when the caret moves (to determine how 
much of the line it should speak).

Could you please capture me a full debug.out? In particular, I'd be 
interested in seeing the following:

1. Press a key in firefox or thunderbird. Perhaps moving to the next
   line on a web page or in an email. This would be helpful to see
   that for other apps things are working as expected.
2. Press Alt+F2
3. Type the name of an app to launch and press Return
4. Do a quick task in the app you launched (type a few characters or
   get into a menu or press Tab to change focus. Again, to see that
   some key presses are being emitted).

If my hypothesis is correct, we'll see no key events from step 3. And if 
that's the case, I'll make you an Orca-free keystroke listener which you 
can use to see if you get the same results. And if you do, then we can 
use that info to file a bug.

Thanks for your help with this. Wish I could travel with multiple 
computers....

--joanie

On 9/22/19 2:45 PM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> Hi all.
>
>
> After upgrading to gnome 3.34, I can no longer reliably use alt + f2 to 
> launch an application.
>
> I press alt + f2, start typing the name of the app but get no feedback 
> from the orca.
>
> Even when I use the arrow keys to visit what was typed the orca is muted.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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