This is not a limitation of Firefox or globalmenu-extension. This functionality needs to be implemented by whatever renders the menu on screen (which is what actually gets mouse and keyboard events when a menu is open)
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004994 Title: Firefox sub-menu initial letter shortcuts don't work in Unity Status in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In Firefox we're used to being able to select a menu (such as Bookmarks or History) with alt+B/H and then type a letter that corresponds with the start of the entry in this sub-menu. This doesn't work in Unity 3D (I haven't checked in 2D, though I will if there's doubt about that). To be clear: sub-menu shortcuts do still work if they're underlined, e.g. alt+H for help, A for About. I'm used to using Ubuntu 10.10 where the bookmarks (and history) menus work fine as I describe. And in 10.10, if there are several entries with the same initial letter, one can press the key multiple times to cycle through the choices. Please do not helpfully post klugey workarounds for this problem. I'm well aware I can pick up the mouse and get around the problem. I assume this is a Unity problem rather than Firefox, but I'll be happy to investigate further if it's needed, provide detailed screenshots or whatever. I've checked that it exists on Unity 3D and 2D. I've also installed xubuntu-desktop and logged into Xubuntu session. Xubuntu appears to be using the same Firefox (same content in About box) but here Firefox works fine. By the way, I would have logged this bug several weeks ago, if it were evident how to submit bugs from a browser on another system. I don't run 12.04 myself, I noticed this failure on my wife's PC. It seems strange that I can't submit a bug just by going to bugs.launchpad.net. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic-pae 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: gill 1513 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120423122624 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xfe600000 irq 53' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,1043841b,00100302 HDA:80862805,80862805,00100000' Controls : 49 Simple ctrls : 21 Channel: release Date: Sat May 26 22:12:26 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) IpRoute: default via 192.168.3.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.3.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.3.221 metric 1 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122624 (Running) RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/26/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1104 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P8H67-M PRO dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1104:bd09/26/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8H67-MPRO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1004994/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp