Hi all,
Thanks Bob, for looking closely enough to see my problem. If no one else comes up with a miracle answer in a day or two then I'll just make it a feature request and keep my fingers crossed.
I like using a keyboard for whatever I can use it for. I went blind for awhile and really got used to a keyboard. Now that I have recovered my sight, I still prefer it. For me, this question is a matter of principle (lol) You shouldn't hide things in an interface when you don't have to. I would imagine the product group could easily add these menus to the keyboard shortcut list if they wanted to, and that would avoid the focus issue. I will survive till then, however.
James
PS: Sorry 'bout the duplicate thread! IE9 hangs when I post to this forum, complaining that cakewalk.com is not responding. So thinking I had failed to post... I'm trying with Chrome this time, wish me luck!