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28.0.50; popup menu not navigable via arrow keys on lucid build

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, m43cap <at> yandex.com, 46990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se
Subject: bug#46990: 28.0.50; popup menu not navigable via arrow keys on lucid build
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:16:44 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I think it's better to have a variable that people who need to debug
> this code could set.

I've now introduced a variable for this -- lucid--menu-grab-keyboard.

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> If the keyboard is grabbed, typing anything into another window becomes
> impossible, which is not pleasant if you need to debug the Lucid menu
> bar.
>
> Jan's email bounces, but I would trust his judgement.

It sounds convenient indeed, but ease of debugging shouldn't take
precedence over something actually working for users.

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