82656 - frames cycle momentarily loses focus

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 83566

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

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

found using 2001.05.23.08 on linux and 2001.05.24.0x on mac and winnt. reassign
as needed. found while verifying bug 24423.

when i use f6 [or, shift+f6] to cycle through frames, focus is lost temporarily.

to observe:
1. go to http://wired.com
2. click in the main frame [which lists the articles] so that it has focus.
3. hit f6 --here's what i see when hitting f6 to cycle through the frames:
   1st press: focus goes to bottom ad frame.
   2nd press: focus goes to urlbar [blinking cursor at the end of the url text].
   3rd press: focus goes to lala land...not sure where it is; the cursor in
      the urlbar stops blink, but cannot type anything there.
   4th press: focus goes to the main frame.

Comment 1

[rods (gone)]

The focus is't lost, it momentarily goes to a document, instead of a control in 
a document.

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

->bryner, but punt as needed :)

Comment 3

[Brian Ryner (not reading)]

aaronl: what do you think, should this be WONTFIX?  isn't this the intended
behavior?

Comment 4

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

i'd rather not mark this as wontfix. it's frustrating to not *see* the focus
[ie, where i am] as well as to not be able to do anything [type or scroll] while
in that state.

Comment 5

[Aaron Leventhal]

Bryner - this one is important too.
Similar to tabbing into lala land.
Frame navigation is another case where we don't want that behavior.

Comment 6

[Brian Ryner (not reading)]

This is a more specific instance of 83566.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 83566 ***

Comment 7

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

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