# Focus does not move to profile menu when opened from keyboard

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/focus-does-not-move-to-profile-menu-when-opened-from-keyboard/34925
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** keyboard
**Created:** [October 26, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/focus-does-not-move-to-profile-menu-when-opened-from-keyboard/34925 "2015-10-26T13:34:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/focus-does-not-move-to-profile-menu-when-opened-from-keyboard/34925/1 "2015-10-26T13:34:41Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Various keyboard shortcuts no longer working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/various-keyboard-shortcuts-no-longer-working/32679):

> [@Various keyboard shortcuts no longer working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/various-keyboard-shortcuts-no-longer-working/32679/1):
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> / doesn’t open the Search box.
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> = doesn’t open the Hamburger menu.
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> p does open the Profile menu, but if you have interacted with the page in any way - even simple j/k navigation - focus will not move to the open menu without refreshing the page.
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> q opens the reply box, but doesn’t quote the post.

The original report topic has been closed because the other issues have been resolved, but the problem with the Profile menu remains.

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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/focus-does-not-move-to-profile-menu-when-opened-from-keyboard/34925/2 "2015-10-26T13:41:34Z")

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Same is true for = (just to be fair) and based on my limited testing right now using latest stable version of Chrome on Windows 7.

Animation showing issue on Meta (first part shows j/k not being used), latter part shows the affect afterwards once j/k has been used to navigate posts.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/7/b7f0b06d02a1af3162222805aca2792e89442ce3.gif)

You will also see, that even without using j/k. the focus isn’t actually on the menu that is opened, but on the container of the menus. So you have to tab a few times to get into the menu.

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### Author: ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/focus-does-not-move-to-profile-menu-when-opened-from-keyboard/34925/3 "2016-04-17T11:11:20Z")

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This issue still exists with both Profile and Hamburger menus. Any possibility of getting it fixed?

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### Author: ![htanata](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/htanata/32/116690_2.png) [@htanata](https://meta.discourse.org/u/htanata)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/focus-does-not-move-to-profile-menu-when-opened-from-keyboard/34925/4 "2016-04-17T16:52:32Z")

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@TechnoBear I’ve just added a pull request here: [FIX: focus not moving to user menu or hamburger when opened from keyboard by htanata · Pull Request #4177 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/4177)