<p dir="auto">In native applications you can navigate between adjacent menu items using left and right arrow keys. In Electron this is impossible. Only up/down navigation works to select items from current open menu.</p>
<p dir="auto">Windows 7, 64-bit<br>
Electron 0.36.2</p>
<p dir="auto">I created the <a href="http://electron.atom.io/docs/latest/tutorial/quick-start/" rel="nofollow">Quick Start</a> app and ran it in Windows 8.1 Professional (64-bit) with <code class="notranslate">"electron-prebuilt": "^0.30.4"</code>.</p>
<p dir="auto">Here are some ways in which using Electron menus from the keyboard don't work like Windows native menus:</p>
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<li>Pressing <code class="notranslate">Alt</code> by itself should select the first menu from the menu bar. (Electron just flashes the accelerator keys at you.)</li>
<li>Similarly, pressing and releasing <code class="notranslate">Alt</code> then pressing a shortcut key should bring that menu up (Electron requires you to hold <code class="notranslate">Alt</code> while pressing the shortcut key, per item # 1 ).</li>
<li>When you use the keyboard to choose a menu, the first item in the menu should be pre-selected. (Electron holds the menu open, but no item is selected.)</li>
<li>When you have a menu selected, pressing <code class="notranslate">←</code> or <code class="notranslate">→</code> should take you to the first item in the menu to the left/right, respectively. (Electron ignores the left and right arrow keys.)</li>
<li>When you have a menu selected, pressing <code class="notranslate">↑</code> should highlight the last item in the menu. (Electron highlights the first.)</li>
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