83246 - shift-tab should select URL in location bar

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Andrew Chan]

In Netscape 4.x, after a page has finished loading, hitting shift-tab (assuming
you aren't in a form) changes the focus to the location bar and selects the URL
that is in it. This allows users to enter different URL's without having to use
a mouse to click in the location bar. It's a very convenient thing.

There are a bunch of location-bar focus issues being tracked in bug 55416 -
would this also fall in that category?

Comment 1

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

As you can see in bug 31809, when you are in the content area and press Tab the 
address field is focused. Shift+Tab therefore has to go in the opposite 
direction -- focusing links and/or form fields in the page. We can't have both 
of them going to the address field, otherwise we'd have an accessibility 
problem. Wontfix.

We also have Ctrl+L, and (eventually) Ctrl+Tab, for focusing the address field 
from the content area.

Comment 2

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

it's not up to me to consider these, so verify it is!

Comment 3

[Tony Tovar]

FYI - this request now works.  Should this bug be changed from WONTFIX to RESOLVED?

There are now two methods of reaching the URL address bar by keyboard:
- directly by Ctrl-TAB
- cycle through links with TAB or Shift-TAB

So, for a new window, one press of Shift-TAB should cycle backwards to it.