391996 - "Remove" shortcut (delete key) does nothing

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect, P3)

Description

[Tera Kirk]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.9a8pre) Gecko/2007081204 Minefield/3.0a8pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.9a8pre) Gecko/2007081204 Minefield/3.0a8pre

While I can remove downloads from the context menu ("Remove"), the keyboard shortcuts for Remove (delete) and Clear (Alt/Option-N) do nothing. Nothing is removed, no menus pop up...it's like I never used the shortcuts at all.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Download a file or application
2.When the download completes, single-click and press the delete key OR
3.Use Option-N
Actual Results:  
Nothing happens.

Expected Results:  
Completed downloads to be removed or cleared.

Firefox theme: Default

Computer: iMac G5
OS: Mac OS X.4.10 (Tiger)

Comment 1

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

I can confirm this behavior. I didn't actually realize opt-n was supposed to clear the list, but I can definitely confirm that the delete key (backspace equivalent) doesn't work on Mac. The actual, true delete key works on a full keyboard, however.

Comment 2

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

Do we want opt-n?  Are there other apps that do this?

As for the delete key, that should be fixed.

Comment 3

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Do we want opt-n?  Are there other apps that do this?

I've never head of an app that did it, but it'd be nice if there was a way to clear the list of downloads with a key command. opt-n seems non-standard. I bet we can come up with something better.

Comment 4

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

agree with comment 2, and blocking on that basis ... can we morph this to get rid of the opt-n part?

Comment 5

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Do we want opt-n?  Are there other apps that do this?
> 
> As for the delete key, that should be fixed.

The mapping of "backspace" to "delete" on Mac was fixed in bug 394457, although I haven't that slightest about what we want to do with opt-n.  Anyway, this bug should be morphed to cover that case, I'd think?

Comment 6

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Bug 394457 adds backspace to delete on mac, and I don't see opt-N doing anything in Safari. Fixed? Invalid?

Comment 7

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

I haven't heard of opt-N in any standard app, morphing.

Comment 8

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

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