GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 433323
Orca does not show the tabs list in Firefox 3.
Last modified: 2008-07-22 19:27:54 UTC
Please describe the problem: When I open the preferences dialog in FF3, I cannot scroll the tabs list. Orca doesn't speak/braille it. I have to open flat review, and click the tab to get the focus on it. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open FF3 2. Open the preferences dialog. 3. Try to get the focus to the tab list and arrow up and down to select a tab. Actual results: Orc doesn't speak/braille the tabs list, it gets stuck on the last selcted item. Expected results: The tabs list should have focus and Orca should show it. Does this happen every time? It happens all the time. Other information: All other items of the dialog were shown propperly. My OS is Ubuntu Feisty on a 1Ghz machine with 240 MB RAM.
I figured out, that the same bug ocurs in Thunderbird 3.0a1. It shows up in the preferences dialog, but not in the account settings. For Firefox: It continues in version 3.0a5pre.
Confirmed. In looking at the debug output generated when using the arrow keys, it looks like the tabs are list items, and they are issuing object:state-changed:checked events when you move around them: vvvvv PROCESS OBJECT EVENT object:state-changed:checked vvvvv OBJECT EVENT: object:state-changed:checked detail=(0,0) ---------> QUEUEING EVENT object:state-changed:checked app.name='Minefield' name='Main' role='list item' state='FOCUSABLE SELECTABLE SELECTED SHOWING VISIBLE' relations='' ^^^^^ PROCESS OBJECT EVENT object:state-changed:checked ^^^^^ vvvvv PROCESS OBJECT EVENT object:state-changed:checked vvvvv OBJECT EVENT: object:state-changed:checked detail=(0,0) app.name='Minefield' name='Tabs' role='list item' state='FOCUSABLE SELECTABLE SHOWING VISIBLE' relations='' ^^^^^ PROCESS OBJECT EVENT object:state-changed:checked ^^^^^ I'm not sure of a graceful solution here. Looks like maybe: 1) We could look for the SELECTED state and present the object if the state is set? 2) Look to the parent to see if it has an accessible selection and read what it thinks is selected?
Hermann and Will, can you still reproduce this in the latest Firefox? I cannot. I believe the relevant bug was fixed by the Firefox guys a few days ago.
The bug has indeed gone a few days ago. But since some FF bugs seem to be intermitend, I don't know whether we should close the thread, (see my favorite one, FF doesn't show submenus in the bookmark menu...).
Thanks for the confirmation Hermann. I don't think this is going to be an intermittent one. The bookmark bug is one that can't be reproduced all of the time and one which -- last time I checked -- there were *theories* about what *might* be causing it. This bug was a cut and dry case of something being broken, that something being clearly identifiable, and finally fixing said something. :-) Therefore, I am going to go ahead and close this one out. If it comes back, we'll reopen it here and reopen it at Mozilla. Thanks!