Just duplicating the relevant parts of the irc conversation:

- Both Safari and Firefox on mac default to not tabbing through all
elements. This is consistent with the rest of the OS.
- Both have a pref for the users who do want that behavior (sorry, no
numbers for how many change it).

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Amanda Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Generally speaking, on a Mac, only text fields are keyboard focusable.
>  If we have to pick a single behavior without a pref, that should be
> it.  Ideally, we should pick up the system-level accessibility prefs
> and/or an application-level pref.
>
> Unless a user has turned it on, hitting tab and not getting to the
> next editable text field will cause a WTF exception in most Mac
> users...
>
> --Amanda
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Ojan Vafai <[email protected]> wrote:
>> -chromium-reviews, +chromium-dev
>> Yeah, I buy that. I think the default should be to tab through all focusable
>> elements. With Safari, it's off by default, which I think means it tabs
>> through form controls only, not really sure. In either case, I don't think
>> that matchs web developer expecations very well.
>> Ojan
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Mike Pinkerton <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> It should, but probably only if the user has turned it on in the
>>> accessibility prefs. Otherwise it gets in the way. Safari has some
>>> extra user prefs for this.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:49 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > LGTM
>>> >
>>> > Amanda, Mike, CCing you here to get started a discussion on what
>>> > tab/option+tab should do in our Mac port. Have you all made a decision
>>> > as to whether it should iterate though all focusable elements?
>>> >
>>> > http://codereview.chromium.org/17399
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Pinkerton
>>> Mac Weenie
>>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> --Amanda
>



-- 
Mike Pinkerton
Mac Weenie
[email protected]

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] 
View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: 
    http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to