Opened 14 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#3303 closed enhancement (wontfix)
consider NOT setting focus to first item when menu is opened
| Reported by: | Becky Gibson | Owned by: | Becky Gibson |
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| Priority: | high | Milestone: | 1.3 |
| Component: | Accessibility | Version: | 0.9 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | simonjb davidb | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: |
Description
Currently when a menu is opened focus is set to the first item. This saves the user from having to press down arrow after the menu has opened. But, since the menu is used for dropdown and combo button this has some consequences. If focus is on a dropdown button and the user presses enter, the menu is displayed with the first item focused, if the user presses enter again expecting to toggle the menu closed, the first menu action will be invoked. Is this a problem? Entering this in the hopes of getting user feedback.
Change History (8)
comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by
| Component: | General → Accessibility |
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comment:2 Changed 13 years ago by
| Milestone: | 1.0 → 1.1 |
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comment:3 Changed 13 years ago by
| Milestone: | 1.1 → 1.2 |
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comment:4 Changed 13 years ago by
| Milestone: | 1.2 → 1.3 |
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comment:5 Changed 13 years ago by
comment:6 Changed 13 years ago by
I don't see it as a problem either; shouldn't the user be hitting ESC to close the drop down (or clicking in a blank area of the screen)? I would close this.
comment:8 Changed 12 years ago by
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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The DHTML Style guide indicates that focus should not be put on the first item when a dropdown or combobutton is pressed: http://dev.aol.com/dhtml_style_guide#menubutton. But that focus should go to the first menu item when a context menu is pressed (which makes sense - where else would it go?) http://dev.aol.com/dhtml_style_guide#popupmenu.