add context menu to tab title to keyboard delete tabs
We added support for pressing the delete key with focus on a tab title in order to delete a tab. But, this isn't discoverable for someone who can not see the close icon in the tab title area. The DHTML style guide group also recommends adding a context menu to delete the tab. If the tab title is marked with haspopup=true this will be somewhat discoverable (altho not supported until FF 3 but won't hurt to put in now). Some concerns that this context menu is invoked via enter key or click making this act like a button but tab title needs to retain the role of "tab".
Only context menu entry is "delete". This also has i18n implications. I think delete or remove is the right word since close implies that it can be added back /opened again.
from DHTML Style Guide June 29, 2007 meeting minutes (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2007Jun/0130.html):
TW: options other than DELETE - CTRL+F4 a possibility, have
to get comments on that - what we are saying is context menu and
keyboard shortcut combo fine - great if had property so didn't have to
use context menu, but maybe that's phase 2
Change History (7)
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changed from davidb to Becky Gibson
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add context menu - in progress