56286 - In textfields inside radio buttons, arrow keys change the radio buttons

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 56141

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[Hall Stevenson]

Switch Mozilla to the "Modern" skin. Now, open the "Preferences" window. I 
first saw this when I was entering proxy information. I entered the name of our 
proxy server and then tabbed over to the "Port" field. Press the arrow keys, 
either left or right. Instead of the cursor moving to the left or right, the 
radio buttons for "Direct connection to the Internet", "Manual proxy 
configuration", and "Automatic proxy configuration URL" will be selected and 
deselected in order.

This sort of behavior actually occurs in most of the "panels" in the 
preferences window.

Comment 1

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

What seems to be happening here is that the radio buttons are being overly 
greedy, and paying attention to arrow key events even when the radio buttons 
don't have focus.

This isn't a skin issue -- I experienced the same problem with Mac nightly builds 
and the Classic skin. The arrow keys move the caret as expected, but they also 
switch the radio buttons.

However, I think Ben is the right person to fix it, as IIRC he was the one who 
implemented the keyboard control of radio buttons in the first place.

Comment 2

[Blake Ross]

just reported this recently

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 56141 ***

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

vrfy dup