Closed Bug 1167386 Opened 10 years ago Closed 9 years ago

Pressing return in search bar activates hovered option

Categories

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

37 Branch
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1139655

People

(Reporter: simon.n.lindgren, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: ux-control, ux-error-prevention)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:37.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/37.0 Build ID: 20150420225811 Steps to reproduce: 1. Ctrl+K to get to the search bar 2. Type some text 3. Press return Actual results: Depends, sometimes an unintended search provider is used, sometimes the search settings dialog is opened. This depends on where the mouse cursor is. I think what happens is if the mouse happens to be hovering one of those elements, return will activate it like a mouse click would. Expected results: A search should be performed with the default search provider. I'm not always aware of where the cursor is and this can happen with only
Hmm, I forgot to finish that last sentence... "...and this can happen with only keyboard interactions, so the mouse cursor location having an effect seems counterintuitive"
Component: Untriaged → Search
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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