[tbb-bugs] #27484 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Onboarding: unintuitive not-navigation buttons, starting with "Circuit Display" / "See My Path"

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#27484: Onboarding: unintuitive not-navigation buttons, starting with "Circuit
Display" / "See My Path"
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 Reporter:  dmr                                  |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-onboarding, ux-  |  Actual Points:
  team, TorBrowserTeam201903, tbb-8.5-must-      |
  alpha                                          |
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Comment (by mcs):

 The blue border is actually a focus ring. On macOS it only seems to appear
 if you use keyboard navigation (e.g., the tab key) but on Linux it also
 appears when you click. But I don't think the behavior is as inconsistent
 as you think (although it is confusing if you don't realize it is a focus
 ring). On Linux, when I click the gray "action" button to show the
 security level doorhanger, the focus ring disappears while focus is on the
 doorhanger but it reappears if I use the `Esc` key to dismiss the
 doorhanger or if I click the Security Level toolbar icon to dismiss it. If
 I click somewhere else to close the doorhanger the focus ring does not
 reappear; presumably focus is now elsewhere.

 A similar sequence when I use the buttons that open a new tab, e.g., the
 FAQ one, although most of the ways that someone would close a tab (maybe
 all?) bring focus back to the `See FAQs` button. This makes the behavior
 seem inconsistent.

 I hope what I wrote makes sense. I have not confirmed whether this is new
 behavior (I don't think so) or if the ring is just more noticeable with
 the gray buttons.

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