Closed Bug 1934229 Opened 1 year ago Closed 9 months ago

[Windows/Linux] Profiles menu lacks keyboard access key in Menu Bar

Categories

(Firefox :: Menus, enhancement, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Menus
Version:
Firefox 135
Platform:
Desktop
Windows
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED
Milestone:
144 Branch
Project Flags:
Accessibility Severity s4
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox-esr115 --- unaffected
firefox-esr128 --- unaffected
firefox133 --- unaffected
firefox134 --- unaffected
firefox135 --- wontfix
firefox144 --- verified

People

(Reporter: sbadau, Assigned: dao)

References

(Blocks 3 open bugs)

Details

(Keywords: access, Whiteboard: [fidefe-profile-management])

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(2 files)

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Bug 1934229 - Add access key to profiles menu. r?jhirsch
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Found in

  • Nightly 135.0a1

Affected versions

  • Nightly 135.0a1

Tested platforms

  • Affected platforms: Windows 11
  • Unaffected platforms: macOS 15.

Preconditions

  • Ensure that the pref "browser.profiles.enabled" is set to true in about:config.
  • Create at least one profile.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Enable the Menu bar.
  2. Observe the Profiles menu option.

Expected result

  • The Profiles menu option should have an underlined access key (e.g., the letter P), allowing users to open it using a keyboard shortcut like Alt + P.

Actual result

  • The Profiles menu option does not have an underlined access key, unlike other menu options.

Regression range

  • This is not a regression; it's introduced with the Profile Switcher feature.

Additional notes

  • Adding an access key for the Profiles menu option would improve keyboard accessibility and align it with standard menu behavior.
Whiteboard: [fidefe-profile-management]

Immediate follow for future release. (TODO figure out which shortcut keys might actually be available)

while this is technically is not a WCAG violation, providing keyboard shortcuts is very helpful for keyboard-only users and users of screen readers are reporting relying heavily on them, so this would be a win for a11y, thus adding "Accessibility severity S4" to the bug.

Accessibility Severity: --- → s4
Keywords: access
Priority: -- → P3
Component: Startup and Profile System → Menus
Product: Toolkit → Firefox
Summary: [Windows] Profiles menu lacks keyboard access key in Menu Bar → [Windows/Linux] Profiles menu lacks keyboard access key in Menu Bar
Assignee: nobody → dao+bmo
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Attachment #9512546 - Attachment description: Bug 1934229 - Add access keys to profiles menu. r?jhirsch → Bug 1934229 - Add access key to profiles menu. r?jhirsch

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f9b60f82bdd5

Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 months ago
status-firefox144: --- → fixed
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → 144 Branch

Verified as fixed using the latest Nightly 144.0a1 on Windows 11 and Ubuntu 25.04 - access key is successfully added to the Profiles menu.

Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
QA Whiteboard: [qa-ver-done-c144/b143]
status-firefox144: fixed → verified
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