Toolbar keyboard navigation by character
Categories
(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, enhancement)
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People
(Reporter: Jamie, Assigned: Jamie)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
(Keywords: access)
Attachments
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Bug 1436086 made it possible to reach all toolbar buttons via the keyboard in a linear fashion. While this is a big step forward from having no keyboard access to the toolbar, this can be inefficient where there are a lot of toolbar buttons and/or a user frequently uses particular buttons. I propose that users be able to navigate toolbars by typing the first few letters of the button name, similar to our support for character navigation within HTML select size>1 controls. This allows for a huge boost in efficiency without impacting existing functionality or complicating the user experience in any way.
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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When focused on a toolbar button, users can now type the first (or first few) characters of another button's name to jump directly to that button.
The search characters are cleared after 1 second or if a non-character key is pressed.
This is similar to the typed character navigation implemented for HTML select controls.
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Comment 2•5 years ago
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Nice!!!
Pushed by jteh@mozilla.com: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/9424c2a92af4 Implement toolbar navigation by typed character. r=Gijs
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Comment 4•5 years ago
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Comment 5•5 years ago
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