68508 - tab completion loses focus within URL text entry box

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Location Bar, defect, P3)

Description

[Clark O. Morgan]

When it comes to tab completion with the URL text entry box (at the very top of
the browser), IE does a better job.  Reason:  IE keeps focus in the URL text
entry box after the tab key is presed to complete a URL.  Mozilla, on the other
hand, shifts focus somewhere else.  A description of how this feature works with
the two browsers will show the difference and illustrate why IE's behavior is
more convenient.

Suppose I've visited www.slashdot.org in the past.

IE behavior
===========
+ move cursor to URL text entry box
+ I type www.sla<TAB>
+ IE completes "www.slashdot.org" and holds focus in the URL text entry box
+ I press the enter key and IE takes me to the requested page.

Mozilla behavior
================
+ move cursor to URL text entry box
+ I type www.sla<TAB>
+ mozilla completes "www.slashdot.org" and keyboard focus suddenly shifts out of
the URL text entry box
+ I use the mouse to put focus back and then press the enter key to go to the
requested page.

Mozilla's behavior is annoying and requires extra keystrokes.

I truly enjoy Mozilla.  Hope you can fix this....

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Over to xptoolkit:widgets.  Seeing this on linux build 2001-02-10-06, so os -> all.

Is the <tab> actually doing anything in Mozilla or just tabbing out of the
widget?  Does it trigger immediate completion?

Comment 2

[Fabian Guisset]

reassigning

Comment 3

[thekon]

pressing the arrow keys when the "completions" come up lets you select a
different completeion, and then enter will select and go to the required site.

pressing tab, completes the url, but as said focus is lost and no more can be
done without using mouse.

Comment 4

[Jesse Ruderman]

In Mozilla, you don't have to hit tab or down to complete the URL, although 
that's arguable a bug (bug 40305, "browser should only go to autocompleted URL 
if explicitly told to").  It makes sense that pressing tab should jump to the 
first item in the autocomplete drop-down (like hitting the down arrow key), 
though.

Comment 5

[Peter Trudelle]

not sure this is valid.  We don't have 'tab completion', we have completion,
which can happen on blur, but the tab key is still intended to move the focus. 
->xpapps

Comment 6

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

dup?

Comment 7

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 87454 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Jesse Ruderman]

For contrast, see bug 86643, Autocomplete dropdown is included in the tab order.

Comment 9

[Paul Chen]

nav triage team:

Using 2001072604 mac mozilla build, tab completes the url and leave the
insertion point at the end of the url, allowing you to continue type. Looks like
it works for me ;-) Marking worksforme

Comment 10

[beanladen]

Yes, also wfm Linux gcc2.95 build 2001071909.

Comment 11

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass-verifying WorksForMe bugs which haven't changed since 2001.12.31.

set your search string in mail to "EmperorLondoMollari" to filter out these
messages.