2059855 - [a11y] Focus is not set to extension permissions prompt dialog

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect, P2)

Description

[Claire Joeckel]

Attachment: Screenshot 2026-07-31 141254.png

Impacted Section/Element

About:addons ("Extensions")

Steps to Reproduce

Choose any extension that requires permissions to add, and activate the "Add to Firefox" button on its page. A "Required permissions" dialog will open. Attempt to navigate to the dialog with the keyboard.

Expected Behavior

Focus is set to the dialog container.

Actual Behavior

Focus is not set to the dialog container. There is no way for keyboard users to access the dialog.

User Impact

Keyboard users cannot access the dialog.

WCAG 2.2 References

2.1.1 Keyboard, 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured

Recommendations

Set focus to the dialog container when it appears.

Testing Environment

Windows 11

Assistive Technology Used

Any

Further Reference

• W3C WAI APG: Modal Dialog Example

Severity

1-Critical

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'WebExtensions::Untriaged' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug is an accessibility bug, but please revert this change in case of error.

Comment 3

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

This is not an S1 severity bug. Please stop setting it as such. The engineering team responsible for this function will set an appropriate severity level.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/BMO/UserGuide/BugFields#bug_severity

Comment 4

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:mixedpuppy, could you have a look please?

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Comment 5

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:robwu, could you have a look please?

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Comment 6

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The severity field for this bug is set to S3. However, the accessibility severity is higher, .
:rpl, could you consider increasing the severity?

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Comment 7

[Luca Greco [:rpl] [:luca] [:lgreco]]

Attachment: Bug 2059855 - Focus the WebExtension permission prompt so users using keyboard navigation can reach it more easily. r=robwu!

This patch sets options.autofocus to true for the addon-webext-permissions PopupNotifications doorhanger,
so the focus is moved to the panel on open.

Along with that an additional regression test triggers the panel and asserts that no control is auto-focused
on open.

Comment 8

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/785a2bba67ef
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/f65a368df9c0
Focus the WebExtension permission prompt so users using keyboard navigation can reach it more easily. r=robwu

Comment 9

[Cristian Tuns]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f65a368df9c0

Comment 10

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The patch landed in nightly and beta is affected.
:rpl, is this bug important enough to require an uplift?

• If yes, please nominate the patch for beta approval.
  • See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Requesting_an_Uplift for documentation on how to request an uplift.
• If no, please set status-firefox155 to wontfix.

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Comment 11

[Luca Greco [:rpl] [:luca] [:lgreco]]

This was unlikely to be a recent regression, it was more likely like this since when the panel was initially introduced.

I'd personally leave it to ride the 156 release train.