Open Bug 250036 Opened 21 years ago Updated 3 years ago

RFE: pressing "Tab" starts from top of page, not top of screen

Categories

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, enhancement, P5)

x86
Linux
enhancement

Tracking

()

Future

People

(Reporter: Biesinger, Unassigned)

Details

0) unplug mouse 1) load a long buglist 2) press End to get to "remember search" choice 3) hit tab in attempts to get to textbox for "remember this search" actual results: first bug# link focussed, page scrolled to top expected results: first link on current page gets focussed linux, cvs from yesterday
Tabbing never did start from the top of the screen. We follow IE's behavior. I'm not dead set against doing this as long as we keep the current behavior when a screen reader is present. It is possible to detect the presence of a screen reader on Windows, but on Linux there's currently no easy way.
Severity: major → enhancement
Summary: pressing "Tab" starts from top of page, not top of screen → RFE: pressing "Tab" starts from top of page, not top of screen
Priority: -- → P5
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Mass un-assigning bugs assigned to Aaron.
Assignee: aaronleventhal → nobody
QA Contact: keyboard.navigation
Component: Keyboard: Navigation → User events and focus handling
Severity: normal → S3
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