675486 - Can not scroll in pages with keys when cursor is in a textbox

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 27771

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:5.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0.1
Build ID: 20110707182747

Steps to reproduce:

Load a page that automatically place the cursor in a textbox, for example www.facebook.com


Actual results:

I can't scroll the page with home, end, pgdn, pgup keys.


Expected results:

As in Safari, I should be able to scroll the page up and down even though the cursor is in a text box.

I don't know if it's a bug or feature request. I get the impression that an increasing number of pages automatically place the cursor in a text box when the page load. I surf with my keyboard. I don't have my eyes on the cursor. When the page has finished loading, I try to scroll down the page and find that the keys don't answer. Then I see that the cursor is in a text box.

It is equally annoying every time it happens.

I suggest two solutions: Either like in Safari or an option to uncheck "Allow javascript to grab the cursor" or something.

Comment 1

[Vlad [QA]]

Reproducible for me on Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:8.0a1) Gecko/20110801 Firefox/8.0a1
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