In the current development version of allout-widgets.el, some useful global
bindings are missing when the cursor is in the icon area of a topic. The
attached patch rectifies this by inheriting the button-area (and body-area)
keymaps from both the (current-global-keymap) and (current-local-keymap).

To replicate the problem before applying the patch, visit
lisp/allout-widgets.el and activate allout-mode and allout-widgets-mode.
Then position the cursor on a bullet icon by hitting `Ctrl-A' twice, or by
using the mouse. Then try to go to the beginning of the buffer by hitting
`Esc-<', and you will see `M-< is undefined'.

(This is the last of the items I already had on my allout-widgets queue
pending resolution.)

Ken

In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 4, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30,
cairo version 1.15.10)
 of 2020-07-07 built on gram
Repository revision: 3f990c3cccf85e64399bf98ea3e61cb618e8455c
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'HC-Consult', version 11.0.12005001
System Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS

Recent messages:
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Allout mode enabled in current buffer
Allout-Widgets mode enabled in current buffer
M-< is undefined
M-x is undefined

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