84755 - New Navigator page cannot be closed with ^W

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 72352

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

Description

[zaitcev]

To reproduce open a new page with File->New Navigator Window,
then, in the new page, hit ^W. Nothing happens.

I think the problem is that by default the location bar takes
the focus, because its cursor is blinking.
Clicking into the [empty] rendering field takes that focus
away and ^W works.

I use focus-follows-mouse mode.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

similar: bug 84168

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

While editor-fields have focus, ctrl+W is the key command to "delete word from
end of line". Furthermore: Location bar having focus on newly opened windows is
- i believe - a feature. Users who have opened a new window will usually wish to
write someting in the urlbar, not close the window again right away.

Comment 3

[Alec Flett]

this is a dupe of the accelerators-don't-work-while-urlbar-is-focused bug,
wherever that may be

Comment 4

[R.K.Aa.]

There is related bug 37638: "URL bar is given focus by default"
with comments and some discussion about desired behaviour.
The ctrl+W issue is mentioned.

Then there is bug 71497: "URL bar in new window loses focus" - which seems to
partly contradict the first bug.

To obscure it all, there's an issue with autocomplete in bug 82787.

Comment 5

[timeless]

can we resolve this as silly? what's the point?

* If you have your browser set to load your home page when you create a new 
window then ^W should close it.
* If you have your browser set not to load a page when you create a new window 
then the most likely activity is typing a url.  Can you give a reason that you 
would actually want to type ^N^W (or by some more complicated means open a new 
blank window and then close it)?

Comment 6

[Chase Tingley]

Well, it's definitely a dup of something.  My favorite is bug 75685, which
timeless marked a dup of bug 72352.  I will follow his lead.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 72352 ***

Comment 7

[timeless]

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