2008208 - Focus not returned after activating button (All "..." menu buttons, except buttons that open dialogs or trigger navigation)

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[John Northup]

Steps to Reproduce

Activate any button within a disclosure (except buttons that open dialogs or trigger navigation).

Expected Behavior

Focus remains on the button so that users can continue navigating the items within the disclosure.
If that button has been removed as a result of user-initiated action (e.g., removing a card or a link), then focus advances to the next focusable item.

Actual Behavior

Disclosure closes, focus is not returned.

User Impact

Users cannot see or hear their place on the page.

WCAG 2.2 References

• WCAG 2.4.3 - Focus Order

Recommendations

Keep focus on the button so that users can continue navigating the items within the disclosure.
If that button has been removed as a result of user-initiated action (e.g., removing a card or a link), then set focus on the next focusable item.

Testing Environment

Any

Assistive Technology Used

Any or None

Code Pointers

Further Reference

• W3C WAI APG: Disclosure Pattern

Comment 1

[Ina Popescu, Desktop QA]

I've reproduced this issue in Nightly 149.0a1 on macOS 15. Marking as New.

Comment 2

[❌ Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi] ❌ On leave until 2027-01-04]

Attachment: NVDA output showing that after dismissing the Tile menu with Escape, NVDA browsing focus is placed on the "New tab document" and it is announced

Pressing tab once would move the focus back to the URL input, but it is still confusing to hear New tab document, because the user would not know if they've lost the location of their page review. This is especially made more cumbersome, given the ... menu buttons are not always visible, until hovered, thus there is no way to quickly navigate back to that same menu button.

Comment 3

[❌ Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi] ❌ On leave until 2027-01-04]

Assigning the Severity value to align with the Accessibility severity, per discussions with :thecount and :marco