1589371 - The "Learn more about the benefits." hyperlink from the "about:welcome" modal is no longer accessible via keyboard navigation on macOS 10.15 Catalina

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1587962

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect)

Description

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: hyperlink modal.mov

[Notes]:

• This issue is also reproducible on the new "about:welcome" modal variants.

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Release 69.0.3 and above;

[Affected Platforms]:

• Mac 10.15 Catalina

[Prerequisites]:

• Have a new Firefox profile.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Navigate to "about:welcome" page and focus the "Enter email" input field.
3. Press the "Tab" key four times and observe the behavior.

[Expected result]:

• The "Learn more about the benefits." hyperlink is focused.

[Actual result]:

• The "Email" field is focused again.

[Regression Window]:

• Considering the fact that this issue is not reproducible on latest Firefox Release 69.0.3, using the mozregression tool I have managed to fing the following regression window:
  Last good revision: 2a56f91a20b28a77a97a2c70592fcfce0c8bb4e2
  First bad revision: be0251572777e4e3498edc4c72d484d8547c4dd7
  Pushlog:
  https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/pushloghtml?fromchange=2a56f91a20b28a77a97a2c70592fcfce0c8bb4e2&tochange=be0251572777e4e3498edc4c72d484d8547c4dd7

[Additional Notes]:

• This issue is not reproducible on Windows 10 x64 and Ubuntu 16.04 x64.
• Attached a screen recording of the issue.

@Punam, could you please give us your opinion regarding this issue?

Comment 1

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

mcoman, can you make sure you have "Full Keyboard Access" set to "All controls" in the mac system preferences -> keyboard -> shortcuts ?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204434#fullkeyboard

Comment 2

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: Keyboard.png

Hi Ed, I can confirm that the "Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls" option is checked (I've attached a screenshot with the keyboard settings).
However, after further investigation, it seems that this issue is reproducible only on Mac 10.15 "Catalina" official release.

Considering the above I will update the bug's description accordingly.

Comment 3

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Hi Marius, looking at attached video, it looks like in Mac OS Catalina, by default keyboard navigation is set to Textboxes and List only. As Ed mentioned System preferences -> keyboard -> shortcuts in previous Mac OS version had an option to switch between 'All controls' and 'Text boxes and list only' . Trying to find where its moved in latest Mac OS. Can you please try shortcut Ctrl + fn + F7 , restart browser and see if that helps change this setting. Thanks

Comment 4

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

I don't have catalina, but a quick report seems to indicate selecting the checkbox "Use keyboard navigation…" should be equivalent to selecting "All controls" (i.e., apple changed the 2 radio button options to a single checkbox)

Comment 5

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Actually, there seems to be a new-to-Catalina System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Keyboard -> Navigation tab that might control whether links are tabbable or not. "Standard controls" vs "Full Keyboard Access"

Comment 6

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

(In reply to Ed Lee :Mardak from comment #5)

Actually, there seems to be a new-to-Catalina System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Keyboard -> Navigation tab that might control whether links are tabbable or not. "Standard controls" vs "Full Keyboard Access"

Looks like Navigation tab is not yet available in Catalina version 10.15 as seen here https://www.imore.com/how-use-keyboard-accessibility-features-mac under "How to enable keyboard navigation to move between controls in macOS Catalina"