1312237 - pressing "Alt" to summon Menu bar, then clicking a hyperlink, causes link not to be followed

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Keyboard Navigation, defect, P5)

Description

[Dan D (volunteer tester from the community)]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
Build ID: 20161015030203

Steps to reproduce:

1. visit any page that contains a hyperlink

2. press Alt key (Menu bar should now show)

3. mouse click any hyperlink on page


Actual results:

Link was focused, but was not followed


Expected results:

Link should have been followed

Comment 1

[daylin.trenton]

Firefox has no key to copy link since 88. It was removed and not replaced. This is completely unreasonable.

A replacement key that is unusable by human hands is not a replacement. It's not unlike telling people they can vote, if they stand in line for 8 hours without water. That is telling people that they can't vote.

Telling people that there is a new key, but it's across the room where NO ONE, NO HUMAN HAND can reach, is telling them that there is no key.

Firefox has NO KEY to copy link currently.

There was no reason to break this, and I want you to know that I am never going to stop reporting it, and I will be identifying the people who broke it, like Asif Youssuff, personally, until it is identified as the bug that it is.

You broke a browser that millions of people depended on for NO REASON. NO REASON. There was NO REASON TO REMOVE THE HOTKEY TO COPY LINKS FROM FIREFOX.