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Bug 14004 - The processing model (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/editing.html#processing-model-3) dictates an action to be invoked when the accesskey was activated. Doesn't it make more sense (in the context of context menus) to have the
Summary: The processing model (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multi...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-09-02 14:07 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-10-19 22:18 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2011-09-02 14:07:22 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/commands.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#command-facet-accesskey
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#command-facet-accesskey

Comment:
The processing model
(http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/editing.html#proc
essing-model-3) dictates an action to be invoked when the accesskey was
activated. Doesn't it make more sense (in the context of context menus) to
have the command selected (highlighted) to only visualize the result and thus
prompt for hitting return?

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-10-19 22:18:22 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: That wouldn't match platform conventions, would it? I mean, if I open up the File menu here and press Command-S, it doesn't just highlight the menu item. It invokes it.