1436089 - Make pressing Tab from the tabs strip focus first item or group of items in the toolbar.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Marco Zehe (:MarcoZ)]

After bug 1436086 has been implemented, pressing tab from the tab strip should no longer unconditionally focus the address field, but instead focus the first toolbar button group, or whichever qualifying item in the first toolbar is appropriate.

Comment 1

[Yuri Khan]

Corner case: toolbars can be reordered by the use of -moz-box-ordinal-group and currently that order is respected, i.e. if the navigation toolbar is before the tab bar, Tab cycles from address bar to tab bar to document.

Comment 2

[Marco Zehe (:MarcoZ)]

Thanks! The most important thing is consistency. So if the tabs are moved to the visually closest position to the document, shift-tab should go there obviously. Speaking in left-to-right terms, shift-tabbing should go from the document to the next thing to the top and right, so it is consistent with visual layout. :)

Comment 3

[Marco Zehe (:MarcoZ)]

And likewise, tabbing forward should be consistent in the parity sense.

Comment 4

[Marco Zehe (:MarcoZ)]

Looks like Bug 1436086 already implemented this alongside. Closing as worksforme.