1905652 - The user cannot selece the "Use custom settings for history" drop-down option from the browser preferences with keyboard navigation

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1280511

(Firefox :: Keyboard Navigation, defect)

Description

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Note

• The user cannot choose the History dropdown option to "Use custom settings for history" using keyboard navigation.

Found in

• Nightly v129.0a1

Affected versions

• Nightly v129.0a1

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Windows 10, Ubuntu 22
• Unaffected platforms: MacOS 11

Steps to reproduce
Precondition: Use keyboard navigation!

1. Launch the browser.
2. Open browser preferences
3. Search for "history"
4. Tab down to the History section and select the "Nightly/Firefox will <<Remember history>>"
   5.1 Press the Alt+Down hotkey to open the drop-down and attempt to select the "Use custom settings for history" option.
   5.2 Press the Down arrow to select the 3rd option: "Use custom settings for history"

Expected result

• The user can select the "Use custom settings for history" option.

Actual result

• When selecting the 2nd option ("Never remember history"), a dialog to restart the browser is displayed, blocking the user from selecting the 3rd option ("Use custom settings for history").

Regression range

• Unknown.

Additional notes

• This issue occurs with and without a screen reader active.
• This issue does not occur while using mouse navigation.
• The dialog to restart should not trigger unless the user moved the focus away from the drop-down; Selection should only happen when moving the focus away from the combo-box.
• On Linux, the issue still reproduces if the user taps the DownArrow to select, but does NOT reproduce if the user manually opens the drop-down using the ALT+DOWN hotkey.
• This issue does NOT reproduce on MacOS since the drop-downs are opened by tapping DownArrow.