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    <link type="seealso" xref="pref-menubar"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Sindhu S</name>
      <email>sindhus@live.in</email>
      <years>2013</years>
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    <credit type="copyright editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
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    <credit type="copyright editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
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    <desc>Navigate around <app>Terminal</app> menus using keyboard keys.</desc>
  
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      <mal:name>Fran Dieguez</mal:name>
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      <mal:years>2013.</mal:years>
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      <mal:name>Leandro Regueiro</mal:name>
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      <mal:years>2011.</mal:years>
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  <title>Keyboard accessibility</title>

  <note style="important">
    <!-- see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal/issues/145 -->
    <p>These keys will only have an effect in windows in which the menubar is
    set to be visible.</p>
    <p>Right click in the <app>Terminal</app> window and select
    <gui style="checkbox">Show Menubar</gui> to display the menubar.</p>
  </note>

  <p>You can navigate the <app>Terminal</app> menu using a combination of keys
  that are called <em>mnemonics</em> or a special key that takes you directly
  to the first menu in the menubar which is called the <em>menu accelerator
  key</em>.</p>

  <section id="mnemonics">
    <title>Mnemonics</title>

    <p><app>Terminal</app> menu can be accessed by combining the <key>Alt</key>
    key and a letter of the menu item. The letter that you need to use to
    access the menu will be underlined when you hold down the
    <key>Alt</key>.</p>

    <p>For example, view the <gui style="menu">Edit</gui> menu using
    <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>E</key></keyseq>. Similarly, you can access
    <gui style="menu">File</gui> menu using
    <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F</key></keyseq>.</p>

    <p>To enable mnemonics:</p>

    <steps>
      <item>
        <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
        <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>In the sidebar, select <gui>General</gui>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>Check <gui style="checkbox">Enable mnemonics</gui>.</p>
      </item>
    </steps>

  </section>

  <section id="menu-accelerator">
    <title>Menu accelerator key</title>

    <p>This setting brings up the <gui style="menu">File</gui> menu when the menu
    accelerator key is pressed. This key is usually <key>F10</key> by
    default.</p>

    <steps>
      <item>
        <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
        <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>In the sidebar, select <gui>General</gui>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>Check <gui style="checkbox">Enable the menu accelerator
        key</gui>.</p>
      </item>
    </steps>

  </section>

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