125973 - Remember and restore link focus after forward/back

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 36539

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[Ben Liblit]

One can use <Tab> to focus on a particular link in a page, then <Enter> to
follow that link.  However, if one later uses Back to return to that page, the
link focus is gone.  This can make keyboard-based surfing tedious, especially if
one's intention was to follow a link, back up, then follow the next link in the
<Tab> sequence.

Mozilla should remember which link had focus, and restore that focus when
Forward or Back redisplays the page.  Presumably the logic for doing this would
be similar to the existing logic for remembering and restoring pages' scroll
positions.

Comment 1

[Aaron Leventhal]

I know htis is a dup, just don't of which

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36539 ***

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

marking verified as a duplicate.

if you decide to reopen this bug, please clarify why.

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