TB's "hamburger" menu button (AppMenu) is not keyboard-accessible and keyboard focus either skips or gets stuck on dual menus (depending on the initial focus set by mouse hover)
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Toolbars and Tabs, defect)
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(Not tracked)
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(Reporter: lazybug, Unassigned)
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(Keywords: access, Whiteboard: [dupeme])
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Updated•10 years ago
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Comment 1•10 years ago
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Comment 6•8 years ago
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Comment 7•6 years ago
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Is this a highly desirable accessibilty issue? Or are the "normal" menus the preferred means in the accessibility community?
Is firefox appmenu similarly broken?
Comment 8•6 years ago
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(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #7)
Is this a highly desirable accessibilty issue? Or are the "mormal" menus the preferred means in the accessilibity community?
I think updating the main App Menu to behave like the the Firefox one should be a high priority for many reasons, including modernizing the user interface, improving the experience, and fixing accessibility issue.
Is firefox appmenu similarly broken?
The new one can be navigated via keyboard without problems, and it also solves the issue of accidentally moving outside the menu area, and consequentially closing it, when trying to access a submenu.
I'd be interested in trying to make a patch for it.
Comment 9•6 years ago
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(In reply to Alessandro Castellani (:aleca) from comment #8)
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I'd be interested in trying to make a patch for it.
To be resolved in Bug 1546309 ? [de-xbl] get rid of menu-vertical binding (appmenu), appmenu-vertical, splitmenu
Comment 10•6 years ago
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Yes, the appmenu is undergoing rework in Bug 1546309.
I don't know if pmorris is adding keyboard-accessible features right away or it will come in a follow-up bug.
Comment 11•6 years ago
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Good news: "out of the box" the new appmenu supports keyboard navigation of the menu once it's open, using arrow keys, etc. So that will be a nice improvement. Beyond that, in the current WIP state, the alt-key/accesskey shortcuts work and appear as they should, but the ctrl-key shortcuts are not currently appearing as they should, although the ones I tested still seem to function. Fixing that is on my to-do list and I'd like to include it from the start, but it's possible it could be delayed to a follow-up bug.
Comment 12•5 years ago
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This was definitely a problem with the old menu, I experienced it too. However, this behavior does not seem to exist in my testing with the new menu. I believe this can be closed.
Updated•5 years ago
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