[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 22261] Clicking on a non-text input element does not give it focus

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22261

--- Comment #68 from Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> ---
(In reply to John A. Bilicki III from comment #67)
> what is the benefit of not focusing a button?

This is the benefit:

Mac users expect the focus to remain in the text field if you click on a button. That’s what happens everywhere else on their computer in all the Mac applications. It’s a benefit that buttons work as expected, consistent with other buttons on the Mac, and don't pull the focus away from the text field you are already typing in.

I understand that if you’ve never used a Mac you might not be aware that this is a benefit, but I assure you that it is.

If I understand your argument correctly, reading through and trying not to be offended by the repeated accusations of bad faith, bad intentions, and insufficient empathy for our fellow human beings, you are saying that this choice makes it impossible to make websites work accessibly, and is simply an expression of arrogance and bad decision making and a lack of care for other people.

That’s not our intent. We’d like this to fit in well with other Mac software.

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