> This patch, instead of killing all events going to the plugin, only kills > the ones that will generate movement on the page (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, > SPACE...). I don't know about Mac, but on Windows, Java applets (or, at > least, the ones I've tested) doesn't properly return the event feedback to > the browser.
That doesn't answer my question. Does the patch kill the events *before* they get to the plugin, or *after*? We must certainly send plugins the arrow keys and space. > > Are control-t/w/r localized? I suspect they are, and so we can't just > > hardcode the English letters, but really need the application frontend to > > tell the plugin which keystrokes are "special". > > Yes, there should be a way for enabling/disabling this functionality, The Firefox frontend should be in charge of this: perhaps the best option is to have an API that the Firefox frontend can call "set browser shortcut keys" and then the Firefox frontend can collect the keys that matter from the <command> elements in the Firefox chrome. > > Also, for plugins that install subwindows (Acrobat), does this keystroke > > hook still work? Or is > > this primarily for Flash? > > Yes, it should. In fact, even if it appears to be embedded, Flash is just a > bunch of windows which share the Device Context with the browser. Flash is typically a single subwindow. Acrobat is a whole hierarchy of subwindows, and we only hook keystrokes for the toplevel window. That's why I was asking about it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “flashplugin-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) or switch to next tab (using Ctrl-Tab) when flash content is selected on page. Steps to reproduce: 1) Open a new Tab 2) Go to a website with flash content (in this case youtube.com) 3) Selected the flash content by clicking on it (in this case click on play) 4) While the content plays, press a keyboard shortcut (in this case Ctrl-w to close the tab) Result: The shortcut is not registered by firefox, the tab remains open Expectation: The shortcut should be registered by firefox, the tab should close A good way of knowing that "selecting the flash content" is at the root of the problem: if you select a part of the page that is not flash content (in this case empty white space at the right or the left of the video) followed by Ctrl-W, the tab closes. Version Information: Ubuntu Hardy (2.6.24-19-generic) firefox 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
