Bug 108974 – Giving focus to a link should cause its URL to be displayed in the status bar.

• Component: Accessibility
• Status: UNCONFIRMED

[Leif Halvard Silli]

Created attachment 186686 [details]
Screenshot showing how focus does NOT display the URL in Safari’s Status bar.

1. Jump to a link by pressing the Tabulator key
2. Now, check if the URL of the link is displayed
   in the browser’s Status bar.

Expected result: URL to be displayed in Status bar.
Actual result: Nothing happens.

Justification:

 A. Chrome(!), Opera, Firefox, IE behave as expected.

 B. Keyboard navigation is broken without this feature,
    as it means that users must anyhow use their mouse
    to hover above the link in order to be told
    about the URL address.

 C. While it is possible to use clever CSS to get this
    feature, it really should be implemented in the browser
    and not be added via user CSS or clever Web page authors.

[Maciej Stachowiak]

The status bar is controlled by the app, so ultimately this is likely to be an app bug rather than a WebKit bug per se.

[Leif Halvard Silli]

(In reply to comment #1)
> The status bar is controlled by the app, so ultimately this
> is likely to be an app bug rather than a WebKit bug per se.

I don't know where the border between app and engine goes, but I am happy to report it somewhere else, if that's needed.

That said, when I reported the bug to the developer of iCab.app, I got this reply:

"Unfortunately the web engine does not give any feedback
 when you jump from link to link using the Tab key."

So perhaps the issue is in the engine anyhow?

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/28902799>