1485052 - Alt + D opens the file menu for german users instead of focusing the search bar

Status: NEW

(Mozilla Localizations :: de / German, defect)

Description

[andi.lenhardt]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:61.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/61.0
Build ID: 20180807170231

Steps to reproduce:

Pressed Alt + D 


Actual results:

The hidden menu bar appeared and the file menu was selected. 

This behavier also works for the following commands:
Alt + X opens the opens the manu bar and selects the "Extras" tab. 
Alt + C does the same with the Chronik tab. 
Alt + B opens the "Barbeiten" tab, 
Alt + A the "Ansicht" tab, 
Alt + L the "Lesezeichen" tab, 
Alt + H the "Hilfe" tab.


Expected results:

The serach bar should be focused like the Ctrl + L command does.

Comment 1

[Gingerbread Man]

It looks like Alt+s is set to focus the address bar:
https://pontoon.mozilla.org/de/firefox/all-resources/?string=75703

Comment 2

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

That's some poorly named key (see also bug 1005600 and bug 231381)
https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/71ef4447db179639be9eff4471f32a95423962d7/browser/base/content/browser-sets.inc#176

Comment 3

[andi.lenhardt]

I see. 
It might be good to describe this behavior in a forum or in the help or elsewhere.

Comment 4

[guigs [:guigs] PST (please needinfo me!)]

There are two forum question examples where people are reporting this: 
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1230509
Older
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14532

Is this expected because of the first letter language difference? We might want to note that in the documentation if so? 
https://screenshots.firefox.com/sK4G2hkxSF7kEPM8/support.mozilla.org it looks like the documentation is accurate, perhaps this is expected?

Comment 5

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

The problem is that this is not an accesskey, it basically acts like a command key (shortcut). Since the name implies it's an accesskeys, most languages will simply localize it depending on the label used for "Address bar".

Comment 6

[Robert Kaiser]

(In reply to Francesco Lodolo [:flod] from comment #5)
> The problem is that this is not an accesskey, it basically acts like a
> command key (shortcut). Since the name implies it's an accesskeys, most
> languages will simply localize it depending on the label used for "Address
> bar".

Well, the problem is a bit more complicated here as "Alt+D" *correctly* opens the "Datei" menu in all kinds of applications (and has done so for ages in German-language applications on various platforms), including Firefox.

Now the supposedly international command key for the address bar clashes with this standard behavior of German-language applications. Command keys with "Alt" are fun, aren't they?

Comment 7

[Sebastian Hengst [:aryx] (needinfo me if it's about an intermittent or backout)]

For that reason, the intention from my side is to either change the SUMO documentation for German or create a Firefox bug that shortcuts shouldn't only use the Alt modifier. Please pick your choice.