169067 - up/down arrow keys do not function (start/end) in URL bar

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Camino Graveyard :: Location Bar & Autocomplete, defect)

Description

[adam rice]

The up and down arrow keys should move the insertion point to the head/tail of
the URL currently showing in the URL bar. Currently, they don't do anything.

Comment 1

[Greg K.]

I think this is Invalid. Up and down *can* have that function, but here they're
reserved for autocomplete selection.

The real keys the Apple HIG says perform this function are command+left/right,
and they work fine using Chimera/2002091704.

Comment 2

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

true, but other cocoa text fields behave this way. i think we can make them
behave "correctly" in the absence of the autocomplete dropdown.

over to brade, polish.

Comment 3

[S Woodside]

Recent feedback on the list indicates there's a number of people who would like
to see this fixed (personally I think they're right). It's the default behavoir
if you create a new textfield in IB. Pulling out my handy-dandy copy of the AAHIG...

p149
Up Arrow - To the line above, to the nearest character boundary
at the same horizontal location
Down Arrow - To the line below, to the nearest character boundary
at the same horizontal location

(nearest character boundary in the same horizontal direction I think means to
the beginning or end)

Comment 4

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Yeah; taking.

Comment 5

[Jasper]

In panther, using the arrow (up/down, left/right) + command key, works.
This behaviour is consistent in all apps with text fields.

Comment 6

[S Woodside]

reassigning sfraser bugs to pinkerton

Comment 7

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

fixed.