1438189 - If you inspect the accessibility for an item on the page while the Web Console is closed, the corresponding object is not focused in the Accessibility tab

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(DevTools :: General, defect)

Description

[Cosmin Muntean [:cmuntean], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: Web console closed.mp4

[Affected versions]:
- Nightly Try build (2018-02-13)

[Affected Platforms]:
- All Windows
- All Mac
- All Linux

[Prerequisites]:
- Have the latest try build 60.0a1 from (2018-02-13) installed.
- Accessibility tab is enabled.

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Navigate to any website press the "F12" key and click the "Accessibility" tab.
2. Open a new tab and navigate to another website.
3. Right click on a element from the page.
4. Click the "Inspect Accessibility" option from context menu.
5. Observe the behavior.

[Expected Results]:
- The "Accessibility" tab is opened and the corresponding object is focused.

[Actual results]:
- The "Accessibility" tab is opened but the "document:" tree is not extended, therefore the corresponding object is not focused.

[Notes]:
- The issue is not reproducible if the Web Console is opened (see this video: https://goo.gl/tp8vDE).
- Attached a screen recording with the issue.

Comment 1

[Yura Zenevich [:yzen] (please use "needinfo")]

Will be fixed in next try build.

Comment 2

[Cosmin Muntean [:cmuntean], Ecosystem QA]

I have retested this issue on the latest Nightly try build (2018-03-12) and the issue is no longer reproducible. Tested on Windows 7 x64, Mac Os 10.12 and Arch Linux.

Comment 3

[Cosmin Muntean [:cmuntean], Ecosystem QA]

I'm cleaning up the old issues. Based on comment 2 this issue was fixed and verified.
However, I have also re-verified this issue on the latest Nightly 116.0a1 (build ID: 20230703204942), the latest Beta 115.0b9 (Build ID: 20230622161221), and the latest Firefox Release 114.0.2 (Build ID: 20230619081400) on Windows 10 x64, macOS 13.1 and Linux Mint 20.

• This issue is no longer reproducible.