"Selected text translation" should not reset selection (Gecko) about linguist HOT 7 OPEN

• You might want to first translate a piece of text, then copy it (the original text). Because of this bug(?) you have to select the target text twice.
• If you go to settings and decide to enable "Quick translation by selection" you practically have to also add a modifier key, otherwise you can't copy any text from a website. This is at least a UX issue of the options page.

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This behavior needs for accessibility. When user select text, they focus on button to translate selected text or on popup with translated text.

Why you need to change this behavior? Whats problems occurs due to this behavior?

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This behavior needs for accessibility.

I understand that focusing the popup might make sense, but there should be a way to also keep the selection. For example, in Chromium you can select text and then change focus with tab and the text won't get unselected (this doesn't appear to be the case for Gecko though).

Whats problems occurs due to this behavior?

As I mentioned, with "Quick translation by selection" you practically can't copy any text on the page. Or you have to resort to waiting for translation to complete, then copy the original text from the translation popup.

Without "Quick translation by selection", you might also want to first translate selected text, then copy it. Currently you'd have to select it again.

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Option "Quick translation by selection" needs for fast translation selected text. You should to pick some modifiers keys to not translate any selected text.

If you pick some modifier keys for this option, is some problems with behavior leave for you?

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Firstly, apologies, I just found out that the issue affects Gecko (Firefox) only (not Chromium).

If you pick some modifier keys for this option, is some problems with behavior leave for you?

You're right, adding a modifier key can improve things in some cases. But still it's preferable if the text selection is kept.

• If changing focus is necessary, maybe we need to search for a way to keep the selection.
• Maybe need to also add an option to not focus the popup. And, additionally, maybe change the effective tabindex of the popup, as I mentioned.
• If none of the above, either way I think that the deselection with "Quick translation by selection" is frustrating, and should not manifest itself after you've just installed the extension and only changed the "Translation trigger" option. Perhaps with "Quick translation by selection" a modifier key should also be required to be pressed by default.

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I will investigate your approach with tab index. I'm not sure it will works with elements in shadowRoot, but i will try, because it may be good solution.

We could restore selection, but i still do not understand whats problems you have due to current behavior.
Please, explain why you want to preserve selection. If you have multiple problems due to this behavior, write it one by one and let's discuss each one.

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@WofWca both use case available right now. You can select text, copy it and then translate.

When you translate text, you focuse on popup with translation, it is pointless to preserve selection, because focused element is not a selection container.

Also, when you press button to translate selected text, you manually focus on this button (and then on popup), so it's a expected behavior that selection will reset and focus will change on button.

I still not see why you want to selection will preserved.

I will check behavior in chromium browsers, if this behavior different of firefox, i will make it consistent.

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