Closed Bug 38410 Opened 25 years ago Closed 9 months ago

alt, f, esc, e should open edit menu

Categories

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect, P3)

x86
Windows 98
defect

Tracking

()

RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Future

People

(Reporter: jruderman, Unassigned)

Details

(splitting off of bug 38364) steps to reproduce: 1. press alt but don't hold 2. press f (opens file menu) 3. press esc 4. press e expected result under windows 98: "file" in menubar stays darkened after step 3, and edit menu is pulled down after step 4.
Hyatt, either you're still menu man or you know who is. This is yours.
Assignee: joki → hyatt
Mass update: changing qacontact to ckritzer@netscape.com
QA Contact: janc → ckritzer
Gee, why not just use Alt-E, or Alt-F, CursorRight? ->future.
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Updating QA Contact.
QA Contact: ckritzer → lorca
Reassigning QA Contact for all open and unverified bugs previously under Lorca's care to Gerardo as per phone conversation this morning.
QA Contact: lorca → gerardok
QA contact updated
QA Contact: gerardok → madhur
QA Contact: madhur → rakeshmishra
Seems like we're dismissing the chain too far up. We should stop at the menu bar when Esc is pressed, but dismiss it entirely when a click registers outside of the menu. I doubt the current DismissChain() or HideChain() or whatever it is handles that.
QA Contact: rakeshmishra → trix
QA Contact: trix → events
Assignee: hyatt → nobody
Component: Event Handling → User events and focus handling
Severity: minor → S4
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 months ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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