Re: [orca-list] Firefox 4.0 and Tabbing to Links

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>]

Hey Steve.

> I've been using Firefox pretty regular now and am encountering a
> problem but am unsure how to describe for a bug report.  Basically,
> when I use the arrow keys to read through text and find a link or form
> element that I wish to click on, I would then tab to be sure to focus
> the desired element or link.  The problem is, most often, pressing the
> tab key will take the focus to some link way up towards the top of the
> page, if not the top of the page.

That would be this bug:

[blocked] Orca does not move to the expected object when Tab is pressed
in Firefox 3.6 effective June 11th build
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609890

That's our blocked tracking bug for this Mozilla bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546068

This Mozilla bug is the one Bill Cox has been working on (thanks Bill).
The last comment, dated two weeks ago is:

> Ok, I'll try and update the patch to address these comments.  I'll also
> investigate the old and new focus behaviour.  One thing I'm fairly confident of
> however, is that after setting the caret offset in heading1, the test4 link
> should not (and does not after the patch) have the focus.  Where the focus
> actually goes, I don't know!  But, I'll find out.

Any updates Bill?

Take care.
--joanie