115254 - Using the tab key doesn't move to the next field on a web page properly

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 114976

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Rob B.]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.6+) Gecko/20011213
BuildID:    2001121313

When filling out forms and such on web pages, clicking the Tab key should  move
the cursor or focus to the next field/button/element on the page. Instead, what
happens is that clicking on the tab key will focus first the address line, then
any buttons in open sidepanels, then focus on each element on a webpage until
getting to the current field, which is when (finally) it will move to the
following field.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. (Using Google as an example.) Enter in a search term in the text box.
2. Hit the Tab key.

Actual Results:  When pressing the tab key on step 2, the URL is instead focused
in the Address window, instead of the 'Google Search' button.

Expected Results:  The Google Search button should have been focused as the next
field/button/link.

This seems to be a new bug, as the tab key moved the focus to the next
field/button/link on a web page in the 20011210 build.

Comment 1

[Rob B.]

As an additional aside: If, after the first 'mis-focus', you click on the field
you're using (such as the search text box on the google page) and then click the
tab key, it moves to the next element on the web page properly. It's more
bizzare, because normally you need to click on the field in the first place to
enter text. That requires taking hands off the keyboard to use the mouse,
though, which definitely slows down productivity.

Comment 2

[Luke Koleszar]

Dupe of 114976

Comment 3

[Rob B.]

Hrm. Didn't find the original when I did a search.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 114976 ***

Comment 4

[:deanis74]

vrfy dupe