164193 - no keyboard access btwn browser window (content) and sidebar

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Camino Graveyard :: Accessibility, defect)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

i don't think there's a way to access the sidebar using the keyboard when focus
is in the browser content.

to observe:

0. make sure sidebar is closed and that focus in the web page content of the
browser window.
1. open the sidebar, eg, cmd-/
2. is focus in the sidebar? no, it's still in the content afaict. so, i hit the
tab key...

results: ...and the tab key just cycles through the focusable items in the web
page content. i need to mouse click to bring focus to the sidebar.

not sure if there's keyboard shortcut/means of getting to the sidebar... i'll
need to see if focusing the browser window toolbars will allow me to do this.

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

drat, cannot use the keyboard to focus the sidebar, even if i bring focus to the
browser window's toolbar (control-t). tabbing just cycles through the navigation
toolbar.

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

fwiw, this is also a problem in OmniWeb.

Comment 3

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

How do I get the sidebar in recent builds ?
(Dont' have it in 2003090102 on 10.2.6.) , does thios means the problem is fixed ?

Comment 4

[Warren TenBrook]

WFM with command-B toggle between browser window and new download manager
2004010203 (v0.7+).

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

no more sidebar, so now invalid.