Keyboard can't navigate the menu bar any more since 26.2

[LegitimateGrapes]

I have a fairly long bookmark list, and I usually use the direction buttons to jump between the beginning and the end of the bookmark list so I don't have to scroll through it slowly with my mouse.

However, since I updated to 26.2, keyboard can no longer navigate the menu bar any more. The only thing I was able to do was to press alt button to highlight "File", but I can't enter the menu. The direction buttons don't do anything anymore. Is this an intentional design change?

I have used a clean install to confirm that this is the default behavior with the latest version of palemoon portable.

32 bit pale moon portable with no plugins or addons on windows 7 64 bit

[lihatt]

My husband and I are both having the same issue with the regular installer version of Pale Moon 26.2.0 (x86 on Win 10 and Win 7 respectively, both 64 bit). Alt+whatever initial letter brings up the menu, but then neither arrow keys, Esc, Enter, nor individual letters will interact with it once it's up.

[eskaton]

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=11702

[Pallid Planetoid]

Listed #1 in the known issues in the current version, note the following: "Timeline: Fixed in 26.2.1 to be released very soon."