231327 - Link opened in new browser window puts cursor in location bar disrupting keyboard (using space bar) navigation

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 206960

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Cecelia S]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

When create a new window, it is good to have the cursor in the location bar.
But, when I click on a link that opens a new window, I'd prefer if the focus was
on the content area. This allows me to page down with the space bar.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click link that opens content in a new window.
2. Press space bar to page down.
3. Watch in horror as a space is added to the address in the location bar

Actual Results:  
The address in the location bar is edited (a space, or more, is/are added).

Expected Results:  
Mozilla should have had the focus on the content area so that presssing the
space bar would result in a page down. It is unlikely that an individual is
going to open a link in a new window only to edit the location (i.e. choose to
go somewhere else) or even copy the address without reading the page's contents
first.

Comment 1

[Peter Edman]

Duplicate of Bug 206960

Comment 2

[Greg K.]

Resolving dup per comment 1.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 206960 ***