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Accessibility: settings can't be navigated via keyboard
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Description
* Cinnamon version: 5.0.7
* Distribution: Linux Mint 20.2
Issue
A few days ago my primary mouse button died.
I decided to go to the accessibility settings to enable "click on hover" as a temporary solution - but, while I was able to select the "mouse" tab using the arrow keys, I didn't find any way to navigate into the panel in order to access the toggle !
Steps to reproduce
Try to navigate the settings using the keyboard: while you can go into a panel from the home screen and navigate between tabs when applicable, there is no way to access and toggle the actual options inside.
Expected behavior
Settings should be able to be navigated via the keyboard, especially the accessibility settings !
Other information
I ended up spamming my mouse until a last click passed through, but it could have not been possible.
Configuration info, if applicable
Dead mouse
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the keyboard-navigation failure in Cinnamon's accessibility settings on Cinnamon 5.0.7, following the stated steps from the home screen into the Mouse tab. Trace where keyboard focus stops; done means the settings panels' actual options can be reached and toggled without a mouse.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- accessibility, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100