Open Bug 1533209 Opened 7 years ago Updated 3 years ago

Cmd-A no longer selects all options in a <select multiple>

Categories

(Firefox :: Keyboard Navigation, enhancement, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Keyboard Navigation
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

()

Status:
REOPENED

People

(Reporter: Atoll, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: parity-chrome, parity-safari)

Given the below HTML, in Firefox macOS prior to (some time in) 2018 I was able to mouseclick a single option within the <select> and then press Cmd-A to select all options within it. As of today, I am not able to do so in Nightly. It still works correctly in Safari and Chrome.

<html><body><form method=POST action=#><select multiple size=3 name=a><option value=1>One<option value=2>Two<option value=3>Three</select></form></body></html>

I do not know when in the past few months this began, but I encounter it on BMO's editsearch page frequently.

I went as far back as Firefox 52 and was not able to recreate this behavior (it selects page content).

I do agree this is incorrect behavior though (and it does work on other browsers).

Component: General → Keyboard Navigation
Keywords: parity-chrome, parity-safari
Priority: -- → P3
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → INACTIVE
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INACTIVE → ---
Severity: normal → S3
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