On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 04:13:30PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Package: iceweasel > Version: 38.2.0esr-1~deb7u1 > Severity: minor > > Since security upgrade yesterday switched to the 38 series, instead of a > nice Gtk based preferences dialog a get a fake webpage :-( And now I > cannot activate any of the widgets on that fake webpage with the > keyboard.
That's not true. You still can, but it's not necessarily visible. Filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194530 There's also the issue that keyboard shortcuts don't work, so you are kind of stuck with the Tab key. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194528 > And searching for text on the fake webpage (in order to shift > focus) doesn't work either. CTRL+F works for me. > So, reaching for the pointing device is the > only solution. How are the rodent allergic among us supposed to cope? You can go to about:config and turn browser.preferences.inContent false, but I can't guarantee that'll work forever. (at least, that won't change in a 38.x) Mike
