1540720 - The User is unable to navigate through the About:compat page using the Tab Key

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Keyboard Navigation, defect)

Description

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

[Affected versions]:
Nightly 68.0a1

[Affected platforms]:
Platforms: MacOsx

Preconditions:
Set the Full keyboard Access option to "All controls" in System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts.

Steps :

1. Launch the Firefox Browser and reach the about:compat page
2. Use the Tab Key in order to navigate through the page.

Expected Results :

The user should be able to reach the "More Info" links from the About:Compat page using the tab key.

Actual Results :

Only the Enable/Disable buttons are reachable using the tab key.

Comment 1

[Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski]]

It seems that regular anchor elements aren't accessible via the tab key on MacOS in about: pages, and we use special label elements instead of anchors through chrome://global/content/elements/text.js.

Comment 2

[:Gijs (he/him)]

(In reply to Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski] from comment #1)

It seems that regular anchor elements aren't accessible via the tab key on MacOS in about: pages, and we use special label elements instead of anchors through chrome://global/content/elements/text.js.

I can't reproduce this, and see normal <a href> elements.

Comment 3

[Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski]]

Interesting. It definitely isn't tabbing through the <a> elements on my Macbook (10.14.4) running today's nightly build.

Comment 4

[:Gijs (he/him)]

(In reply to Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski] from comment #3)

Interesting. It definitely isn't tabbing through the <a> elements on my Macbook (10.14.4) running today's nightly build.

You're sure you enabled keyboard acccess?:

(In reply to Rares Doghi from comment #0)

Preconditions:
Set the Full keyboard Access option to "All controls" in System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts.

Comment 5

[Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski]]

Ah, I didn't realize that was necessary, thanks.

Rares, does that also work for you on your MacOS device?

Comment 6

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

Well, I did the exact same thing yesterday and set the Full Keyboard Access option to all controls but now it works without issues maybe I also needed to hit Control + F7 ? to enable it? anyways its working now we can set the flags for this issue as WorksForMe, I'll do a screen recording if it reoccurs.