Brian S. Craigie wrote:
> Jay Garcia wrote:
>
>> Brian S. Craigie wrote:
>>
>>> Not for me. The arrow keys do indeed scroll through the options, but
>>> I can't get the list to open up with any of the keys I've tried.
>>> Only the mouse on the triangle thingy opens up the list AFAICS.
>>
>>
>>
>> The TAB key will navigate the web page and when focus is achieved on a
>> combo box "button" (for example) it will hilite with a broken line
>> frame around the inside of the button. At least that's the behaviour
>> here on the sites I've visited with combo-boxes. Can you provide us
>> with a URL where this doesn't work for you in the most recent Mozilla
>> build ??
>>
> I think you misunderstand me. Yes, the tab key highlights the drop-down
> list, and yes the cursor keys will scroll through the list, but I
> thought the original poster was asking how to open up the drop-down list
> to reveal all the choices in the same way as clicking the triangle with
> the mouse. I haven't found a key to do that.
> Visit http://www.altavista.com and click on the 'Find This' text box (to
> reduce the number of tabs required) then press tab to focus on the
> drop-down next to it which currently has 'any language' in it. Pressing
> the down arrow changes it to English, which is fine, but if you click on
> the triangle to the right, you get the list opened up to reveal all the
> choices: English, Chinese etc. Without the list opening up, it's like
> working blind on a long list which could have several similar choices
> requiring scrolling through them all to see what's available before
> scrolling back and forward to hit the one you want. If the space key or
> the enter key were to open up the list, this would be ideal as neither
> key appears to do anything when focussed on this type of drop-down.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Brian
>
>
>
ALT+DownArrow has always worked in Communicator but doesn't in Mozilla.
File a bug on it ....
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