A workaround in Chromium seems to be to open its internal task manager, close the Icedtea plugin and then reload the web page with the Java applet.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/925653 Title: Java applets do not receive any keyboard input Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “icedtea-web” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Any applet running under icedtea-plugin in Firefox will not be able to receive any input from the keyboard. It will respond to mouse clicks, but even after clicking inside the applet to set focus, keypresses simply do not reach the applet. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: icedtea-plugin 1.1.4-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.20-generic 3.2.2 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Feb 2 13:05:29 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: icedtea-web UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-27 (6 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/925653/+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
