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Read-only text fields should allow selecting text using the keyboard

Project Member Reported by nek...@chromium.org, Oct 12 2016

Issue description

data:text/html,<input readonly value="testing">
data:text/html,<textarea readonly>testing</textarea>

I cannot navigate around the text using the cursor keys, nor can I select any of the text using the keyboard and copy it out.
All other browsers, Safari, Firefox and IE support this. Native read-only text fields also support this.
If I am using a screen reader I would find Chrome's behavior surprising, given my experience with other browsers and apps.
I can't think of any reason not to support keyboard navigation and copying text out of read-only text fields.

 

Comment 1 by yosin@chromium.org, Dec 2 2016

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Comment 2 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Dec 11 2017

Labels: Hotlist-Recharge-Cold
Status: Untriaged (was: Available)
This issue has been Available for over a year. If it's no longer important or seems unlikely to be fixed, please consider closing it out. If it is important, please re-triage the issue.

Sorry for the inconvenience if the bug really should have been left as Available. If you change it back, also remove the "Hotlist-Recharge-Cold" label.

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Comment 3 by yosin@chromium.org, Jan 9 2018

Status: Available (was: Untriaged)
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Comment 4 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Jan 10

Status: Untriaged (was: Available)
This issue has been Available for over a year. If it's no longer important or seems unlikely to be fixed, please consider closing it out. If it is important, please re-triage the issue.

Sorry for the inconvenience if the bug really should have been left as Available.

For more details visit https://www.chromium.org/issue-tracking/autotriage - Your friendly Sheriffbot

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