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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
