106707 - autocomplete in url bar grabbing keyboard

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 81912

(SeaMonkey :: Autocomplete, defect)

Description

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

One of the biggest complaints that I get is that the autocomplete widget grabs
the keyboard and mouse.  Would it be possible to pop up that widget without
grabbing?  We could just pop down if the parent window lost focus.

What do you guys think?  It's seriously annoying.

Comment 1

[Ben Ruppel]

Could you clarify the problem?  What are some keyboard cases that are annoying?
 There is already a bug for the autocomplete widget grabbing the mouse, so you
have to click twice to hit another button.  Is that what you mean about the
mouse?  That's bug 66834.

Comment 2

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

Well, it's the fact that you can't click on other items and you can't use the
keyboard to change desktops or switch apps while the autocomplete bar is up.

Comment 3

[timeless]

w/o a window manager you don't have this problem ;-(

Comment 4

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

Yes this is supremely annoying. Often I start to type in a URL, autocomplete
dropdown pops up, and now Meta+Tab won't switch windows for me (my window
manager bind for that function).

Comment 5

[Itamar]

Ahhhh, forgive me if I'm wrong
is this bug and bug 81912 related?

Comment 6

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

*** Bug 81912 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 81912 ***