Keyboard operation on new Cinnamon dialog.

[reasonset]

In the past, Cinnamon dialogs could be operated with the keyboard, but with the new dialogs, those without text input can no longer be operated with the keyboard.
For example, shutdown and logout dialogs. In the past, these could be operated using the cursor keys, enter key, and alt key, but we find it very inconvenient that these are no longer possible.
Is it possible to make the new dialogs keyboard-operated?

[JosephMcc]

This should be fixed on git master and in the next Cinnamon update.

[reasonset]

Thank you!

[fnetX]

Hi there, I just received the 6.4.6 shipped with LMDE 6. I am also affected by this and somewhat disappointed that user research / design (if there was any) did not consider keyboard navigation from the start, especially considering the accessibility aspect (I am personally only speaking as an annoyed user who thinks that keyboard navigation is crucial for an efficient interaction with a machine, but I think that everyone who cannot (conveniently) use a mouse should always be offered an adequate replacement).

I am used to quickly interacting interfaces using the alt key. For example, I suspend my desktop frequently using a keyboard shortcut and then using alt+u to suspend. Same for many other dialogs. However, this is now broken, and left keyleft keyleft keyenter is not really an efficient workaround.

Thank you for the consideration.

[fnetX]

As a funny anecdote: My laptop broke recently, and to get back up I installed the nvme ssd into an USB adapter and booted over USB. This worked fine on USB3, but I had another workstation where I booted over USB2, which was generally fine but …

I am so used to the timely keyboard navigation that I even had a race condition against the machine. Usually, the dialog would pop up so quickly, that me hitting alt+u immediately would suspend the machine as I expect. However, via USB2, the dialog was delayed so that I was doing that sequence faster than the machine could bear, which also interrupted my workflow.

I know that it is very difficult to satisfy everyone who uses keyboard navigation, because workflows can become muscle memory. However, it demonstrates that keyboard navigation can become very efficient over time, and breaking this workflow is usually a serious issue.

It is possible to get used to other shortcuts, but not considering keyboard navigation at all is a big issue in my eyes.

[reasonset]

I am also very pleased to confirm that the dialog can now be operated with the keyboard. Thank you very much.

But even for me this is not enough.
I used to use Alt+R to reboot, but this operation is no longer available.
I would also like to see the combination with the Alt key restored if possible, as the cursor keys are not easy to press on a 60% keyboard or compact keyboard.