1819631 - Supernova: multiple pressing of TAB necessary to get into the message list

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1819281

(Thunderbird :: Disability Access, defect)

Description

[Ali Savas]

Description

If you are in the tree view with the email folders and want to navigate to the message list, you now have to press TAB several times until you focus on the message list. In previous versions, pressing TAB once was enough.

Steps to reproduce

1. Press TAB to get to the tree view of folders. You should default to "Inbox".
2. Keep pressing TAB until you are in the message list.

Result

You will need to press TAB about 17 times to focus on the message list. Between the tree view and the message list are the following items:

• Keep filter criteria enabled when switching folders.
• List only unread messages
• List only flagged messages
• List only messages from senders in the address book
• List only messages with keywords
• List only messages with attachments
• Search these messages
• Sort by read status
• Sort by attachments
• Toggle message threads
• Sort by label
• Involved
• Subject
• Sort by spam status
• Date
• Select columns to display

Expected

It should be possible to access the message list only by pressing TAB once when in the tree view. Previously this was still possible when the search bar was hidden.

Suggestion

The toolbar should either be removed from the keyboard navigation or the TAB order should be revised again.

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Thanks Ali. This is among the many things which we want to improve after fixing some of the bigger issues.