Original bug report: “Reported by truant on 2011-04-29” Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot release date: 2011-10-13 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin release date: 2012-04-26 Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal release date: 2012-10-18 Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail release date: 2013-04-25 Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander release date: 2013-10-17 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr release date: 2014-04-17 Today's date: 2014-06-28
I am astonished to discover that this “bug report” has been languishing here unaddressed for three years and two months. So despite... • the very valid comments about the crippled usability of Sticky Keys without a modifier key status indicator, from multiple end users (which I fully endorse – there are times when only logging out and logging in again will rectify an unknown and non-viable modifier key latched/locked combination); • “First-class accessibility for those with special interaction needs” being a publicly stated aim for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin since at least 2011-10-20; [1] • SIX missed opportunities to address this critical accessibility problem between Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr ...it seems that Canonical either have a worse than useless bug-tracking system (less likely) or assign the needs of people with disabilities a rock bottom priority (more likely, but depressingly disappointing). I've been using Sticky Keys on Apple Mac OS X for a decade, and occasionally on Micro$oft Windoze, and on both OS's the modifier key status indicators are a crucial component in making Sticky Keys work for unidextrous typing and computer control. The OS X technique of 'sound on modifier key-press' plus 'user-positionable translucent modifier key icon overlays' to show the current latched/locked modifier key combination is far more user friendly than the tiny panel icon in Windoze. Yet a 'one icon per modifier key' panel applet for Ubuntu, integrated into the System Settings > Universal Access > Typing > Sticky Keys, ought to be relatively easy to implement; indeed one end user has coded a 'one icon per modifier key' panel applet, and although it doesn't work on the Gnome Flashback environment I'm using, it does show what's needed: pic: » http://i.stack.imgur.com/TnURl.png caption: Image starting from left: Icon, Shift, Locked Caps, Ctrl, Alt, Super, Locked AltGr (Small circle to indicate locked state) source: » http://askubuntu.com/questions/402315/how-to-add-a-keyboard-modifier-state-applet-to-unity-panel As an Ubuntu noob, I'm unfamiliar with how best to get Canonical's attention drawn to fixing this problem. If more experienced Ubuntu community members can suggest ways in which to get this long-overdue error corrected, those of us who need a fully functional Sticky Keys implementation would be most grateful. [1] “First-class accessibility for those with special interaction needs” being a publicly stated aim for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin since at least 2011-10-20 – see 'Precision Planning; Prepping for 12.04 LTS' by Mark Shuttleworth » http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/810 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/773078 Title: Should display the StickyKeys status in some way (a11y) Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: indicator-application Following an upgrade to Natty, I can no longer determine what state my stickykeys are in. No special steps are needed to reproduce this issue, just being in a Unity session. Previously this information was provided by the gnome-panel-applet called "AccessX Status" which displayed a row of icons which would show either latched or locked for each modifier key. In GNOME 2.x, I would right click a panel, select "Add to Panel" and choose "Keyboard Accessibility Status" This would give me a line of 6 square icons representing Alt, Ctrl, Super etc. These icons change state depending on which keys are being (temporarily or permanently) locked by stickykeys. While stickykeys seems to work - in that keys are latched/locked as one would expect - the lack of information about their state renders the feature considerably less usable. For some users, myself included, this is a critical a11y failure and requires using the GNOME 2.x environment instead of Unity. This is now the third time I've reported this bug/problem, hopefully I've got it in the right place this time! Apologies if not, and please do let me know where I should be reporting this if not here. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: indicator-application 0.3.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 29 10:28:52 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/indicator-application/indicator-application-service InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100827) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SourcePackage: indicator-application UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-28 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/773078/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
