accessibility.tabfocus

The preference accessibility.tabfocus controls what elements receive focus when the user presses the Tab key.

Note: On Mac OS X, if this preference is not set, the Full Keyboard Access setting in System Preferences > Keyboard is honored.

  • Type:integer
  • Default value: 7 (Windows and Linux); 2 (Mac OS X)
  • Exists by default: no
  • Application support:Gecko 1.7
  • Status: Active
  • Introduction:
  • Bugs: bug 140612

Values

1
Give focus only to text fields (default on Mac OSX)
2
Give focus to all form elements except text fields.
4
Give focus only to links and linked images.
Other
You can add these values to combine their functionality. The value 7 (give focus to all elements) is the default on Windows and Linux.