Ctrl(+shift)+tab don't work when tinyMCE has focus

[aaroncampbell]

At first I thought this was a DFW bug, but it seems to be tinyMCE related as it affects the regular editor.

If you are focused in tinyMCE ctrl+tab and ctrl+shift+tab don't work as expected (switching you to the next/previous tab).

• In Firefox 4 on Ubuntu:
  • ctrl+tab does nothing
  • ctrl+shift+tab moves focus to the title box
• In Firefox 4 on Windows 7
  • ctrl+tab does nothing
  • ctrl+shift+tab moves focus to the title box
  • tab and shift+tab do nothing as well (rather than switch focus)
• In IE 9
  • Everything works as expected
• In Opera 11.10 on Windows
  • The first ctrl+tab or ctrl+shift+tab moves focus and the second switches tabs
• In Safari 5.0.5 on Windws
  • ctrl+tab works as expected
  • ctrl+shift+tab does nothing
• In Chrome on both Windows and Ubuntu
  • Everything works as expected

[solarissmoke]

The issue is with the tabfocus plugin - disable that and it works fine in all browsers. Probably worth reporting upstream (although I'm not sure if browser implementations are also buggy).

[azaozz]

I think we can actually remove the tabfocus TinyMCE plugin for the exact same reasons listed in this ticket: it works inconsistently in different browsers and versions. Also we have some JS to move the focus from the title to the editor which is the more important part.

Additionally I looked at the "tabbing" through WordPress admin and it seems it works much better with tabindex=... removed everywhere (but that's probably for another ticket).

[solarissmoke]

Remove tabfocus TinyMCE plugin

[solarissmoke]

Just tried to get it to do what it is supposed to - i.e., move focus to major-publishing-actions when you press tab - it doesn't in Firefox 4, Opera 11 and IE 9 :S.

[DrewAPicture]

I can confirm this on Firefox 8 on 3.2.1 and latest trunk. Marking as 3.2.1 unless somebody can test earlier.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: #20834, #25950.

[grahamarmfield]

Can confirm that everything works as expected in IE10 on Windows 7 laptop, but I'm still experiencing the problem in Firefox 25 on all my Windows machines. This is a bit of a showstopper for anyone who relies on keyboard operation to update their blog/website.

I'm not sure if the fix for this has ever been committed.

[azaozz]

In 27034:

TinyMCE: do not run preventDefault() on the tab key when Ctrl, Alt or Command key is also pressed. Ctrl + Tab is used to switch between browser tabs. See #24067, fixes #17261.