539420 - Keyboard Shortcut: Alt + D (Select Location Bar) sometimes suddenly stops working

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Keyboard Navigation, defect)

Description

[Marc]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) FBSMTWB
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) FBSMTWB

I don't know where it exactly begun. I think somewhere at the 3.5 series. I press Alt + D and it doesn't work suddenly, after a while sometimes, the problem disappear. Also pressing somewhere else on the page or somewhere in firefox doesn't solve the problem.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
Tried to reproduce, wasn't able to reproduce it.



I use Windows Vista Home Premium Version 6.0 (Build 6002: Service Pack 2) English with Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 final.

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan]

This can fail if a plugin such as a flash ad, video, or game has focus. This is bug 78414, it can seem quite random.

Comment 2

[Marc]

(In reply to comment #1)
> This can fail if a plugin such as a flash ad, video, or game has focus. This is
> bug 78414, it can seem quite random.

Hi Kevin, as i was saying: "Also pressing somewhere else on the page or somewhere in firefox doesn't solve the problem."

Comment 3

[daylin.trenton]

Firefox has no key to copy link since 88. It was removed and not replaced. This is completely unreasonable.

A replacement key that is unusable by human hands is not a replacement. It's not unlike telling people they can vote, if they stand in line for 8 hours without water. That is telling people that they can't vote.

Telling people that there is a new key, but it's across the room where NO ONE, NO HUMAN HAND can reach, is telling them that there is no key.

Firefox has NO KEY to copy link currently.

There was no reason to break this, and I want you to know that I am never going to stop reporting it.

You broke a browser that millions of people depended on for NO REASON. NO REASON. There was NO REASON TO REMOVE THE HOTKEY TO COPY LINKS FROM FIREFOX.