289192 - Synthetic ctrl-# events switch tabs

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Omar Khan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050405 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050405 Firefox/1.0.3

Something like
		var e  = window.document.createEvent('KeyEvents');
		e.initKeyEvent("keypress", 1, 1, window, 1, 0, 0, 0,49,49);
		window.dispatchEvent(e);



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load testcase in one tab
2. Open two or more tabs

Actual Results:  
First tab, selected after 200 ms

Expected Results:  
Keep focus to current tab.
Thank you.

Comment 1

[Omar Khan]

Attachment: Testcase, load it up and another tab

Right-Click Close Tab
or Middle Click offending tab

Comment 2

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz] back January 5, 2026]

Fixed by the general trusted events bug 289940. Fixed on trunk in Deer Park
Alpha1, fixed for upcoming firefox 1.0.5.

Comment 3

[Jay Patel [:jay]]

v.fixed on Aviary with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.9)
Gecko/20050709 Firefox/1.0.5

Comment 4

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz] back January 5, 2026]

Adding distributors

Comment 5

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz] back January 5, 2026]

FF1.0.5 advisories published