[kde-linux] Konsole 2.1 / KDE 4.1.3: How to access main menu via keyboard

[James Kerr]

On Thursday 15 January 2009 rolf wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm running Konsole (2.1) on a KDE runtime (4.1.3) in Ubuntu
> (8.10)/Gnome. The only way to access the main menu is clicking via
> mouse, but it is not possible via keyboard (I tried a lot of key
> combinations). Instead keyboard access is possible on my Notebook
> running a former combination
> of Konsole / KDE 3.5(?) / Ubuntu 8.04 via pressing the ALT key.
>
> How can I get menu access via keyboard? It is really cumbersome
> move often from keyboard to mouse and vice versa.
>
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance
>

Keyboard shortcuts are a "problem area" on 4.1

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160892

That bug report includes references to possible work-arounds, but for 
a real solution we just have to wait for 4.2

Jim