445732 - snav: scrolling using HW buttons doesn't work

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Toolkit Graveyard :: Spatial Navigation, defect)

Description

[Anton Rogaynis (antonr)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1a1pre) Gecko/2008071711 Minefield/3.1a1pre
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It would be really nice to have snav + scrolling working together. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Fetch bbc.co.uk and select search entry field.
2. Press down hw key and hold it.

Actual Results:  
snav starts moving focus through elements on the page 

Expected Results:  
scrolling starts

Comment 1

[Anton Rogaynis (antonr)]

In case of the page includes text only (testcase attached), after pressing down hw key, the page should start scrolling.

Comment 2

[Anton Rogaynis (antonr)]

Attachment: text page

Comment 3

[myles7897]

I am not sure what the down hw key is. But I tried the down key, the page down key, and even number 2 (with num lock off). All three just start scrolling through my save forums, which I think is intended behavior.  Do you have saved forums?

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1a1pre) Gecko/2008071702 Minefield/3.1a1pre ID:2008071702

Comment 4

[Anton Rogaynis (antonr)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> I am not sure what the down hw key is. 

nsIDOMKeyEvent::DOM_VK_DOWN

> But I tried the down key, the page down
> key, and even number 2 (with num lock off). All three just start scrolling
> through my save forums, which I think is intended behavior.  Do you have saved
> forums?
Yep, but it scrolls because of jumping through elements on the page.

Testcase: page with one focusable element in the beginning and at the end of the page. When you try to scroll the page, it will jump to the end missing everything in between.

Comment 5

[Emma Humphries ☕️🎸🧞‍♀️✨ (she/they) [:emceeaich] (Pacific Time) use needinfo]

This bug's parent component is going away. Should this bug be moved to an equivalent component in Android or iOS?