2016403 - Using 'tab' doesn't cycle through all rows in a moz-box-group

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Cristian Baica [:cbaica], Release Desktop QA]

Attachment: tab does not cycle through the entire search engine table

Affected versions

• Fx 149.0a1

Affected platforms

• Windows
• macOS
• Ubuntu

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox and navigate to about:preferences#search
2. Use 'tab' to reach the 'Additional search engine' table.
3. Continue to press tab to start cycling through the engine of the table.

Expected result

• Using 'tab' the user can cycle through all the options/search engine of the table.

Actual result

• After cycling through the first line of the table, the focus moves to Firefox View on the tab toolbar.

Regression range

• Not a regresion.

Additional notes

• Focus can be moved while inside the table using the arrow keys.

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

It looks like this applies to all moz-box-groups. From bug 2001218, it looks like you're meant to use up and down arrows to get to the different rows, and maybe left/right to navigate the items.

I'm not quite sure though, maybe Mark or someone can confirm?

Comment 2

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

yes, this is the expected behaviour for tab. Once your focus is within the box group, then you use up/down to change rows, and left/right (or tab) to move within the row

I had noticed some strange behaviour with the left/right navigation, so that could likely use a look. As is, this bug is likely INVALID, but we could repurpose it for that if there isn't something filed already

Comment 3

[Cristian Baica [:cbaica], Release Desktop QA]

Hey Mark. Thank you so much for the input.
Closing this as invalid based on the most recent information. I think we can document the strange navigation behavior in a separate bug (will log after further investigation).