Bug 22232

Summary:

Alt + Down Arrow in Combo box should show the drop down option box, as should F4

Product:

WebKit

Reporter:

Anantha Keesara <anantha>

Component:

Forms

Assignee:

Nobody <webkit-unassigned>

Status:

RESOLVED DUPLICATE

Severity:

Normal

CC:

ap, aroben, bit, cool-rr, eae, jhoneycutt, markuskeller, notifychandan, phazei

Priority:

Version:

528+ (Nightly build)

Hardware:

OS:

Windows XP

Attachments:

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Anantha Keesara

Reported 2008-11-13 11:38:09 PST

Steps: 1. Open any page which has drop down combo boxes 2. press Alt + <down-arrow> Other Browsers: Safari 3: FAIL Firefox 3: OK IE 7: OK Webkit nightly tested: r38192 Chromium bug: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1945

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Anantha Keesara

Comment 1 2008-11-13 11:38:48 PST

Created attachment 25127 [details] reduction

Chandan G

Comment 2 2009-09-15 22:19:31 PDT

Hello, I have raised the bug almost an year ago on chromium. The link to chromium regarding this bug request can be found below. The bug request got pushed to webkit, and its been more than 9 months since that happened. The bug request here is still stated as "UNCOMFIRMED" Can somebody please respond to this. Or atleast please reply with a comment (even if it only says - that's webkit: deal with it)

Adam

Comment 3 2010-11-29 14:05:01 PST

I can confirm this bug in the latest Chrome 8.0.552.210 beta build. This is an accessibility issue, people who need keyboard only support can not view all drop down options with the keyboard. Alt+UP/DOWN for select drop down boxes is standard behavior in IE, FF, and Opera and has been (in at least IE and FF afaik) for a very very long time. Could someone please look into it.

Alexey Proskuryakov

Comment 4 2010-11-30 11:12:16 PST

On the Mac version of Safari, <select> pop-ups are displayed when pressing the down arrow with or without Option. Sounds like a Windows-specific issue. Confirming by popular vote.

Markus Keller

Comment 5 2011-05-18 09:50:28 PDT

This is really an annoying accessibility issue. Note that it's not only about complying with other browsers, it's also about adhering to Windows platform standards. E.g. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449 says: ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box

Ram Rachum

Comment 6 2011-06-16 11:15:09 PDT

I just found that F4 on Windows XP also opens the dropdown box in native applications. So I suggest it should open the dropdown box in WebKit as well.

Alexey Proskuryakov

Comment 7 2011-06-16 13:18:58 PDT

OK, let's try tracking both key combinaitons in this bug. But generally, it's best to have a separate bug for every issue.

Alexey Proskuryakov

Comment 8 2011-07-14 00:46:36 PDT

Actually, Alt+Down case is a duplicate of bug 14407. But F4 isn't being implemented there at the moment.

Alexey Proskuryakov

Comment 9 2011-08-24 11:12:44 PDT

F4 got implemented in bug 14407, too. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 14407 ***

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