282689 - Cannot use key to activate Open or Remove links in Download Manager: have to use mouse click.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Alasdair King]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Entries for completed, downloaded files in Download Manager have two links next
to them: Open and Remove. These can be accessed by the keyboard using Tab.
However, they cannot be activated by the keyboard by pressing Return or Space.
They must be clicked on with a mouse. This is wholly inaccessible to
keyboard-only users (e.g. users with motor or sight disabilities) 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download a file in Mozilla (e.g. an executable).
2. Open Download Manager and wait for the file to finish downloading.
3. Tab to either of the Open or Remove links for the downloaded file.
4. Press Return or Space.

Actual Results:  
Nothing.

Expected Results:  
Activated the Open or Remove link - that is, initiate the activity as though you
had clicked on Open or Remove with the left mouse button.

I don't know if you should activate the Open or Remove link when the user
presses Space ("The SPACEBAR activates a command button once the user moves the
input focus to the button." - from
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ch09b.asp) or Return (how
links work in Internet Explorer and Firefox). I would suggest that both operate
the Open or Remove link.

Comment 1

[Alasdair King]

Attachment: Image of problem: Open has been selected with the Tab key but there is no way to "press" the link.

This is an image of problem: Open has been selected with the Tab key but there
is no way to "press" the link.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.