510007 - Find As You Type Link (Apostrophe) doesn't work when dead keys are enabled

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect)

Description

[robbertvandendoorn]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; nl; rv:1.9.0.13) Gecko/2009080315 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; nl; rv:1.9.0.13) Gecko/2009080315 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.13

According to this page (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard+shortcuts) it's possible to search for text in hyperlinks using the apostrophe key. I tested this function with three different keyboard layouts:
1. German keyboard layout > It works;
2. US - International keyboard layout without dead keys > It works;
3. US - International keyboard layout with dead keys (the keyboard layout I use most of the time) > It doesn't work.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ensure you use US - International with dead keys as keyboard layout;
2. Press the apastrophe key.
Actual Results:  
Nothing happens, no search bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Expected Results:  
A search bar should appear at the bottom of the screen, so you could start searching for hyperlinks.

Comment 1

[u363675]

That's still the same for Firefox 3.5.5 in Ubuntu Karmic. Here I gotta press AltGr + apostrophe to quick search for links.

Comment 2

[u363675]

Same goes for songbird 1.2.0 which has the same function.

Comment 3

[Andre Klapper]

If this is still an issue:
Can you press the key twice, or press the space bar afterwards, to get the key entered?

Comment 4

[u363675]

The problem is did not change, and no, i can not get this key entered by pressing the key twice or the spacebar afterwards.
On chromium, with type-ahead-find extention this is not an issue.  

Firefox 7.0.1
Ubuntu 11.10

Comment 5

[Andre Klapper]

Thanks for the update!

Comment 6

[PinkShinyRose]

The problem persists on firefox 9.0.1 on linux mint 12.

I do find it may be useful to enable search as you type ("accessibility.typeaheadfind") and "accessibility.typeaheadfind.linksonly" in about:config. This workaround may be useful for some people until the bug is solved.

Comment 7

[Adam]

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:77.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/77.0

In another issue with dead keys I have found to have the issue persits 9 years later macOS.
I copied and updated the original reporters post.

According to this page (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard+shortcuts) it's possible to search for text in hyperlinks using the apostrophe key. I tested this function with three different keyboard layouts:

Using the U.S. International - PC keyboard on macOS press apostoritphy does not start the Quick find (links only)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Set keyboard to U.S. International - PC
2. Press the apostrophe key.
   Actual Results:
   Nothing happens, no search bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Expected Results:
A search bar should appear at the bottom of the screen, so you could start searching for hyperlinks.

Comment 8

[Eduardo]

I can reproduce this with the keyboard set to US international with dead keys.
There is no problem with the / quick search, as it is not a dead key.

Is it possible to configure the key used to launch the links only quick search? I'd be willing to work on that.