824478 - Access keys should be displayed when pressing the combo keys as stated in ui.key.contentAccess

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement)

Description

[brunoais]

I'd like to request that a definition should be made in about:config such that a tooltip (or something similar) should appear in a page when the keys indicated in

ui.key.contentAccess
OR
ui.key.generalAccessKey (if ui.key.generalAccessKey is not -1)

are pressed.

For example:
If I set "ui.key.contentAccess" to 5 (default in windows), when I press Ctrl+Shift, a tooltip should appear in the page, near each element showing which accesskeys exist according to which elements they exist.

My idea is that a tooltip that looks like the one created for the @title appears when pressing the keys configured are pressed.

Comments are welcome.

Comment 1

[[:Aleksej]]

(maybe a duplicate)

Comment 2

[Paul Pasca[Away. Please needinfo? Paul Oiegas [:pauloiegasSV]]]

Hi Brunoais,

Did anything change regarding this from reported version until now on latest Firefox release (43.0.4)?

Thanks,
Paul.

Comment 3

[brunoais]

Nope. Nothing. I'm still waiting for this to be commented on and implemented if no more comments are required.

Comment 4

[Paul Pasca[Away. Please needinfo? Paul Oiegas [:pauloiegasSV]]]

I will mark this issue as New and assign the appropriate component. Hopefully we will see this enhancement implemented in the near future versions.
If anyone considers that the component is not the right one, please change it to a more appropriate one.

Comment 5

[brunoais]

Thank you

Comment 6

[Serge]

Hi, are there any updates on this request?
Vivaldi has a really good implementation on this topic
https://help.vivaldi.com/article/webpage-access-key-shortcuts/