417335 - focus on button in alert needs to shift with tab key [Mac]

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 437296

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Ray Kiddy]

version 2.0.0.9 (20071031) on Mac OS X 10.4.11

I saw this when I was typing 'n' to read new messages in newsgroups. When all the posts are read, typing 'n' brings up an alert which asks if you want to switch to the next newsgroup with unread posts. The buttons are 'Yes' and 'No' and the "yes' button has first focus. So, if one just hits the return key, it hits the 'Yes' button.

The standard behavior for alerts on Mac OS X is that if one hits the tab key, the focus is switched to another button. So what should happen is:

hit 'n'
-> alert: to next newsgroup?
hit tab
hit return
-> stays on current newsgroup

What does happen now is:

hit 'n'
-> alert: to next newsgroup?
hit tab
hit return
-> switches to next newsgroup with unread messages

So, the tab is ignored. I might suggest this is an accessibility issue, also. Some people really like to just use the keyboard and do not want to have to move a mouse in this case.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

xref/related/dupe bug 408908?

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Ray, do you agree related to comment 0?