1327264 - F1 in computed view does 2 actions simultaneously

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(DevTools :: Inspector, defect)

Description

[arni2033]

>>>   My Info:   Win7_64, Nightly 49, 32bit, ID 20160526082509
STR_1:
1. Open   data:text/html,<style>body{color:black}
2. Open inspector, open "computed" tab
3. Click on dropmarker near "color" in "computed" tab
4. Press F1 to open devtools options
5. Close the tab opened in Step 4

AR:
 Step 4 - browser opens new tab
 Step 5 - when you close that tab, you can see that browser opened options in devtools
 
ER:  Either X or Y  (I'd like to see (X) implemented)
 X) Step 4 - browser should just open options in devtools as it always does. No new tabs.
 Y) Step 4 - browser should open new tab, but in this case shouldn't open options
 
Note:
 Expectations are based on the fact that normal user wouldn't want 2 actions at the same time.
 The same thing is described in bug 1137239.
 I understand what you did: F1 for keyboard people to quickly open help page.
 But I don't even see focusring, and I don't pay attention to which element I focused the last.
 While people who use keyboard always pay attention to this, as focusring basically replaces mouse.
 So obviously these 2 situations are different.

Comment 1

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Wow, today I learned that pressing F1 after having clicked on a given property in the computed-view actually opened MDN. I had no idea.

I tried to reproduce on Windows 10 with FF51 and couldn't. For me, either the options panel opens (if focus is somewhere else in devtools), or the MDN tab opens (if focus was given to a property in the computed-view), but never both at the same time.

Closing for now, feel free to re-open if it still happens.