Closed Bug 501570 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

unable to select a tab and then navigate between multiple tabs using arrow keys on keyboard

Categories

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Tabbed Browser
Version:
3.5 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 491178

People

(Reporter: bryanwbuckley+firfoxBugs, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [DUPEME]) 

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5

With multiple tabs open, you should be able to click on you current tab (which selects it with a grey dotted box outline of the tab) and hit the left or right arrow keys on the keyboard to navigate left or right between your open tabs. Seems Firefox 3.5 lost this ability. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open at least 2 tabs.
2. Select your current, displayed tab. 
3. Problem evident here, tab never gets selected to enable keyboard arrow navigation.
Actual Results:  
Tab never gets selected to enable keyboard arrow navigation.

Expected Results:  
Grey dotted box outlines the tab, using arrow keys changes to the tab left or right and opens that tab (puts it in focus)

Adblock Plus 1.0.2
Download Statusbar 0.9.6.5
DownThemAll! 1.1.4
Tabs Open Relative 0.4
This seems by design and is a duplicate in any case. You can still use ctrl+tab and ctrl+pg up or ctrl+pg dn.
Whiteboard: [DUPEME]
Version: unspecified → 3.5 Branch
Severity: normal → enhancement
Changed to enhancement.

I might roll back... i really liked the single hand navigation between keys, wonder what the reason would be to strip it out>?
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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