I've just done some testing with a Hardy Alpha from last week and the problem has changed a little. Tab focus no longer stops on the notification area under any circumstances. While this prevents keyboard focus being swallowed, it also prevents you from interacting with any notification area applets from the keyboard. I've tried moving the location of the notification area but the new behaviour persists.
Version information: Ubuntu Hardy (Alpha) gnome-panel 1:2.21.90-0ubuntu2 ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Keyboard focus get lost in Gnome panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34159 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs