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.
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.
(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?
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