Closed
Bug 1167556
Opened 10 years ago
Closed 4 years ago
Keyboard shortcuts for search - cumbersome
Categories
(Firefox :: Address Bar, enhancement, P5)
Firefox
Address Bar
Tracking
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RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 1437524
People
(Reporter: brille1, Unassigned)
References
Details
Navigating from address box to document using the keyboard has become unintentionally cumbersome with the latest updated to search UI:
Hitting [TAB] when the search text box has focus results in switching between search engines instead of forwarding focus to the document.
This is quite cumbersome in daily use.
There are so many keys available for switching the search engine, incl. [CTRL]+[ARROW DOWN]/[ARROW UP] that the [TAB] key should be reserved for only switching between search text box, document and address bar (using [SHIFT]+[TAB]).
Updated•9 years ago
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Component: Search → Keyboard Navigation
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STR:
1. Type "a" in Searchbar
2. Click in Urlbar
3. Press Tab
4. Press Tab
Result: After Step 4 the 1st "One Off Button" is focused
Expectations: After Step 4 page content should gain focus
Note:
This not only happens because [1] {tab key now cycles between alternate search engines}, but also
because [2] {suggestions appear automatically when user focuses searchbar with any input}
I can list several bugs caused by [2]
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Comment 4•5 years ago
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The easy work around to this is to press escape, then tab to continue on. The shortcuts aren't brilliant here, and I think we're more likely to think at it once when we look at bug 782557.
Updated•4 years ago
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Component: Search → Address Bar
Comment 5•4 years ago
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This isn't a strict duplicate of bug 1437524, but I'm duping this to that bug regardless. Most tab-behaviour bugs are duped there and it's more useful to have a single place for discussion of these issues.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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