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Bug 17183 - keyboard navigation among editor tabs insufficient
Summary: keyboard navigation among editor tabs insufficient
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 17449
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: David Simonek
URL:
Keywords: A11Y
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2001-11-01 00:09 UTC by Jan Benway
Modified: 2008-12-23 09:08 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Jan Benway 2001-11-01 00:09:06 UTC 
For accessibility, users should be able to use standard keys to move among the
different editor tabs. Right now, using arrow keys to move among tabs
shifts focus back to the content pane. Instead, focus should stay on the tab if
the user simply presses right or left arrow.

The standard keys as defined in JLF are here:
http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/ed2/book/Appendix.A15.html#36080

This problem has recently been addressed for the explorer. See also bugs:
http://openide.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16192
http://openide.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16402
Comment 1 Jan Lahoda 2001-11-01 11:22:44 UTC 
I think this is not editor module problem, because tab swicthing is
assured by core/windowing system.  Reassign back if you disagree.
Comment 2 Peter Zavadsky 2001-11-15 15:16:52 UTC 
Adjusting subcomponent.
Comment 3 jrojcek 2001-11-19 14:26:59 UTC 
Duplicate of more general bug.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 17449 ***
Comment 4 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:06:25 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verified.
Comment 5 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:50:56 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.