Closed Bug 1731048 Opened 4 years ago Closed 3 years ago

Keyboard navigation inconsistency in Add-ons Manager

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Mail Window Front End
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1754097

People

(Reporter: valentin, Unassigned)

Details

  • Open several tabs: e.g. hit Shift-Ctrl-C and Shift-Ctrl-D to have
    both the Calendar and Tasks Tab opened.
  • Now open the Add-ons Manager (in yet another tab).
  • Use the provided search box to type anything and hit Enter.
  • You should now have five tabs opened:
    • the main message list tab,
    • the Calendar tab,
    • the Tasks tab,
    • the Add-ons Manager,
    • the ATN web page.

Now, if you hit Tab once, a “close tab” button gets selected; it’s actually the
second tab’s button (in this case, the Calendar). If you hit Space at that point,
the Calendar gets closed but nothing else changes.

Hitting Tab then Space again will close the Tasks tab, the AoM tab, and
eventually the tab you’re supposed to be in.

There’s no reason for these “close tab” buttons to get selected in the Tab-key
sequence order; plus, since the only a11y info you’ll get from a screen reader
is “close tab” (without any precision as to which tab), this is a bit misleading.

This looks like an accessibility regression introduced between 93 and 94;
possibly a remnant of bug 1689056. (Not sure though.)

I've noticed this too, but I doubt it has anything to do with the Add-On Manager itself (especially since it happens without the AOM open).

Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Add-Ons: General → Mail Window Front End
Ever confirmed: true

Agreed. But Bugzilla kept insisting I gave it a category :-)

Severity: -- → S4

Tested and can not reproduce in Beta 103.0b5 and Nightly 104.0a1.
Now it seems to work as expected.

Yes, close buttons have been excluded from tab sequence following my initiative in bug 1754097.
Instead, only the current tab top will have a single focus stop.
You can trigger a context menu there to access Close Tab and similar functionality.
Further keyboard interactions with focused tab top, e.g. arrow keys to navigate tabs, or Del to close the focused tab, are planned for bug 1754097.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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