67404 - shift-tab doesn't work with tabindex

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[Jesse Ruderman]

1. Load http://ureg.netscape.com/iiop/UReg2/reg/register in Mozilla.
2. Click on a form field in the middle of the form.
3. Press shift-tab.

Result:   focus disappears.
Expected: focus goes to previous textbox.

Tabbing at this point puts focus in the location bar.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Blocks messy/meta bug 4920, "shift tab does not go backwards in [some] forms".

Comment 2

[HJ]

This is a dup of bug 36217 "Tabindex attribute not working with A, BUTTON, or
INPUT elements." because that form uses TABINDEX.

Comment 3

[Alec Flett]

well, let's mark it that way then!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36217 ***

Comment 4

[Jesse Ruderman]

Testcase (thanks for the hint, hj) that shows shift-tab not working:

<tr>
<td><input TABINDEX="7" TYPE="text"></td></tr>
<tr><td><input TABINDEX="8" TYPE="text"></td></tr>
<tr><td><input TABINDEX="9" TYPE="text"></td></tr>

If the whitespace between the <tr> and the <td> at the top is removed, shift-
tab while in *either* of the second or third textboxes goes to the first 
textbox.

Verif dupe.  I've a comment to the other bug to check this testcase when it's 
fixed.

Comment 5

[HJ]

That other bug is fixed, but this testcase is still not functional. It looks
like it that you need to reopen this bug. Also note that bug 68703 is a dup of
this bug.

Comment 6

[jsp]

Bug 68703 also has a test case attached.

Comment 7

[Keyser Sose]

*** Bug 68703 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Brian Haskin (Janzert)]

*** Bug 69697 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[Jesse Ruderman]

The bug this is marked as a dup of was fixed, but this is still broken.  
Reopening.

Cc blake.  Want to fix this one too?

Comment 10

[Blake Ross]

I'll take a look.  shift-tab doesn't work too well/at all for tabindexes.

Comment 11

[saari (gone)]

bryner is working on this stuff as well, so be sure to talk to him.

Comment 12

[Bruce Davidson]

*** Bug 70904 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[Sheela Ravindran]

*** Bug 89328 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14

[Aaron Leventhal]

Bryner, this is probably already part of the tabbing fix you're working out.

Comment 15

[Brian Ryner (not reading)]

Testing on build 2001101221, this is actually fixed already.

Comment 16

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

vrfy fixed with the test url.

linux - 2001.11.01.12
winNT - 2001.10.31.03
mac 10.1 - 2001.10.31.13