Cannot edit labels without switching to mouse for each label

[SteveDaulton]

Describe the bug
Previously I could quickly edit (add text to) a large number of labels by tabbing from one to the next, typing the text, Enter to close the label, then tab to the next. In Audacity 3.1.0 on Xubuntu it is now necessary to mouse click in the label to open it for editing.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Use "Regular Interval labels" to generate 100 labels
2. Add or modify the text in each label
3. Observe that it is now takes longer, and is less convenient (impossible for user that can't use a pointing device)

Expected behavior
Avoidance of regressions.

Additional information (please complete the following information):

• OS: Xubuntu 20.04
• Version Audacity 3.1.0

Additional context
#2078
#1997
https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=121197

[LWinterberg]

This is xfce-only, correct?

[SteveDaulton]

This is xfce-only, correct?

Apparently not. Here's a Windows 10 user complaining about this bug: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=444252#p444252

[werame]

I can confirm with 3.1.3 on Win10 that tab switches to the next label, but it's not in edit mode anymore. There's no default key binding to go back in edit mode. (And I'm not sure what the scriptable name for that is to bind it to one.) After pressing tab while editing the 1st label it looks like this.

If you press Enter in that state it just toggles between selecting the label and the track. (And F2 does something else).

Also, in the "Edit Labels..." spreadsheet tab moves right, not down, although Enter does move down. So using the spreadsheet mode is a workaround for editing several labels just with the keyboard. Although the default editing mode is overwrite in that spreadsheet. To edit you have to press F2.

Oh, I discovered the "hidden", i.e. hardcoded shortcut Ctrl+F2 to edit directly from the labels track. That puts the label in edit mode. So, it's tab then ctrl+F2 to go from one to another just using the keyboard, and without going into spreadsheet mode.

But here's no scriptable for the Ctrl+F2, so it can't be changed, and without reading the release notes, also hard to discover...

[SteveDaulton]

Oh, I discovered the "hidden", i.e. hardcoded shortcut Ctrl+F2 to edit directly from the labels track.

"Ctrl + F1 ... to F9" are the XFCE shortcuts for switching workplace 1-9.
https://defkey.com/xfce-shortcuts

[SteveDaulton]

2 years later and this bug is still being reported by Audacity users. https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/tab-no-longer-goes-to-the-right-spot/84974/1