1167556 - Keyboard shortcuts for search - cumbersome

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1437524

(Firefox :: Address Bar, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Axel]

Navigating from address box to document using the keyboard has become unintentionally cumbersome with the latest updated to search UI:

Hitting [TAB] when the search text box has focus results in switching between search engines instead of forwarding focus to the document.

This is quite cumbersome in daily use.

There are so many keys available for switching the search engine, incl. [CTRL]+[ARROW DOWN]/[ARROW UP] that the [TAB] key should be reserved for only switching between search text box, document and address bar (using [SHIFT]+[TAB]).

Comment 1

[arni2033]

I too encounter this very annoying issue with Brand New Search UI.

Comment 2

[arni2033]

STR:
1. Type "a" in Searchbar
2. Click in Urlbar
3. Press Tab
4. Press Tab

Result:       After Step 4 the 1st "One Off Button" is focused
Expectations: After Step 4 page content should gain focus

Note:
 This not only happens because [1] {tab key now cycles between alternate search engines}, but also
 because [2] {suggestions appear automatically when user focuses searchbar with any input}
 I can list several bugs caused by [2]

Comment 3

[Axel]

Any news on this issue?

Anyone who wants to fix this?

Comment 4

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

The easy work around to this is to press escape, then tab to continue on. The shortcuts aren't brilliant here, and I think we're more likely to think at it once when we look at bug 782557.

Comment 5

[Harry Twyford]

This isn't a strict duplicate of bug 1437524, but I'm duping this to that bug regardless. Most tab-behaviour bugs are duped there and it's more useful to have a single place for discussion of these issues.