Bug 463525

Summary:	Cannot activate power actions on footer by pressing Enter after focusing them with Tab
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Tomasz Osak <tosak>
Component:	Application Launcher (Kickoff) widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	mikel5764, nate, noahadvs, tosak
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.26.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Tomasz Osak 2022-12-27 17:56:46 UTC

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Press WINDOWS aka META => kickoff opens
2. Press Tab a few times to select desired item (here "Uruchom ponownie", that in Polish means "Restart")
3. Having selected "Uruchom ponownie" press Enter => item "Uruchom ponownie" loses focus and nothing else happens.

OBSERVED RESULT
Enter did not launch selected menu item.

EXPECTED RESULT
Pressing Enter launches selected menu item.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 36
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-01-06 20:30:32 UTC

The way you activate buttons focused with the keyboard is the Spacebar, not the enter key. This is a general thing across all Qt software. Some keyboard-focused UI controls somewhere may also activate with the enter/return key, but the most reliable and officially supported way is with the spacebar.