371920 - main keys, enter and escape do not function

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[James Powis]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2

when a alert box opens, eg. download box or asking me if i wish to close multiple tabs, in previous version, i was able to press the enter key instead of pressing the yes/no boxes to continue.  when such boxes appear the enter key, escape key do not respond.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click a download link
2. Box appears asking if i want to download, open ect the file.
3. Press enter to continue, nothing happens.  Press escape to cancel, nothing happens.

1. with multiple tabs open, i try to close mozilla
2. box appears asking if i wish to close multiple tabs
3. Press enter to continue, nothing happens.  Press escape to cancel, nothing happens.



Actual Results:  
nothing happens.  the keys do not appear to do anything.  mozilla does not crash as i can move the mouse and click the boxes i wish to, but the keys do not work

Expected Results:  
the enter keys should click the highlighted option

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Both test cases work normally here with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2
Please retest in Firefox's safe-mode, with a new profile or with a reinstallation in a new empty folder.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode_(Firefox)
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Folder

Comment 2

[James Powis]

i tried the 3 suggestions and none of them fixed the problem.

it also appears that NONE of the keys worked when trying to create a profile.  couldn't even change the name.  i could not type anything.

Comment 3

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Seems like a focus issue (this is wrm, by the way).
Does it work when you first focus the dialog, by clicking with the mouse somewhere in the dialog?

Comment 4

[James Powis]

No, at first I thought it was that, but even when i focus on the correct button or text box, I cannot enter text or click buttons using the keyboard

Comment 5

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

So keys don't work for modal dialogs that are open? Do keys work for the Page Info or the Options dialog?
Do keys work when in a second Firefox window?

Comment 6

[James Powis]

No.  Neither of those options work.

Its strange.  When the box asking if I want to save or open the download file, I cannot use the keyboard to navigate or chose a box, but i can type in a new file name and press enter to continue on the next box

Comment 7

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

I have no idea why you have this problem :(
The only way (that I can see) to understand more of the cause of your problem is to find the regression range.
We have daily builds of branch (and trunk) and we keep those stored at (for recent builds, older builds are stored elsewhere):
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/
Would you be willing to find out when this regressed?
For example, do you see this issue with the 1.8.1 branch build of 2007-01-02?
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2007-01-02-03-mozilla1.8/

Comment 8

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

-> incomplete, missing feedback (see comment #7)

Comment 9

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

James, do you still have this issue?