295351 - Up and Down arrow keys act identical to Left and Right arrow keys

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

Seen on Deer Park 1.1a 

-Go to Options (Prefs) dialog
-Use the Up and Down arrow keys to change Main Menu selection
Also:
-Go to Options | Privacy (or any category that has multiple tabs in the content)
-Tab into the content
-Use the Up and Down arrow keys to change Tab selection

tested results: The Up arrow key behaves same as the Left arrow key; it selects
the next Category/Tab to the left.  The Down arrow key behaves the same as the
Right arrow key; it selects the next Category/Tab to the right.

Expected results: I'm not sure if the above behavior is intended or a residual
effect from this winters rework of the Options dialog.  I'm also no expert on
keyboard/accessibilty functionality.  But it seems to me the Up/Down arrow keys
should either do nothing or behave the same as Tab/shift+Tab when focus is on
the Main category menu or on content Tabs in the Options dialog.

Comment 1

[William Bumgarner [:zsinj]]

This occurs in all events within Firefox where there are tabs. Create multiple
tabs and click on one. You will notice the same effect when you use the arrow
keys. I believe this is intentional, making it a feature instead of a bug.

Status => RESOLVED
Resolution => INVALID