515444 - Certain web sites prevent hot-keys from working (metrolyrics.com, Command-T)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Timothy Miller]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090907 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090907 Firefox/3.0

Periodically, I find that Firefox mysteriously won't respond to certain keypresses, and it's always hard to reproduce.  This time, I got one that's reproducible.  (I'm using the latest Shiretoko on Snow Leopard.)

Go to this page:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/poker-face-lyrics-lady-gaga.html

Command-T won't open a new tab, although I can open one from the menu.  Also I can switch to another tab, and then Command-T will work.  Interestingly, some other hotkeys DO work, like Command-W will indeed close the tab like it should.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Timothy Miller]

After messing around with it a bit more, now I observe that it blocks Command-W, Command-Grave (`), Command-F.  I also notice that when I press one of these key combinations, the appropriate menu at the top flashes, but still no action is taken.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
Also, please consider using the most recent Firefox 4 beta build, your bug may be resolved there.

Comment 3

[Timothy Miller]

All these hotkeys seem to work now.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.