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[nick rundy <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A significant problem is that users can barely notice that the "Category header" or "See more results" is selected. You'll notice in other areas of the Dash that when the keyboard focus falls on the "Category Header" no indication is given and the user "can't find" the focus. 

Something needs to be done about this.

Here's a bug I filed on this:  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-2d/+bug/875095



> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:52:25 +0200
> From: pditchev@xxxxxxxxx
> To: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Unity-design] Dash keyboard navigation behaviour
> 
>   This thread is closely related to those bugs :
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/870404
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/893966
> As far as I understood they conclude the current behaviour is good as 
> long as it's consistent .
> 
>   Now here's the problem (in my opinion ) : when searching for something 
> when using just keyboard you expect to get the first result selected on 
> the first press of arrow down (it's not inarguable but , that's what the 
> common user will expect). Currently pressing arrow down once selects 
> either the title or the "See more results >>" .
>    My suggestion is to make the title unselectable ,so to speak, and 
> have the "See more results>>" go at bottom of the section . IMO that's 
> the most logical arrangement of the dash (details on the design of the 
> newly located "See more.." button will come later , but whatever they 
> are it's place is at bottom , in order to have good keyboard navigation) .
> 
> Petko
> 
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