Bug 75952

Summary: Accessing Kpanel icons using Keyboard is not possible
Product: [Plasma] kicker Reporter: Mohd Asif Ali Rizwaan <maarizwan>
Component: generalAssignee: John Firebaugh <jfirebaugh>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Mohd Asif Ali Rizwaan 2004-02-23 23:20:03 UTC 
Version:           1.1 (using KDE 3.2.0, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.2.3
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.22

it is not possible to go to any kpanel icon using keyboard (not shortcuts). 

How to produce expected behavior:

1. open home folder
2. using tab and arrow keys you can navigate the selection over files and folder
3. by pressing enter/return key you can execute it or
4. by pressing the Menu/Properties key you can see the properties

this thing is not possible with kicker, 

1. you can't move selection over kicker application icons (to run or goto properties)
2. you can't move on-to different applets using keyboard (not shortcuts)
Comment 1 Sashmit Bhaduri 2004-02-25 10:04:25 UTC 
this is pretty bad accessiblity bug
Comment 2 Maksim Orlovich 2004-11-19 06:24:06 UTC 
*** Bug 32612 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Timothy Hobbs 2006-05-05 23:01:31 UTC 
please fix this quickly.   this is even possible in windows
Comment 4 A. Spehr 2009-05-23 04:37:00 UTC 
Kicker is currently unmaintained, you can look to your distribution for help, however.