Possibly completely unrelated but on the topic of spatial navigation - we have some code at toolkit/modules/SpatialNavigation.jsm which was used for spatial nav in Fennec at some point (and maybe still is, I'm not sure).
kats On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Dietrich Ayala <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, thanks! > > Is that spatial nav solution coming in the 2016 model? > > Is there any library for doing this in Web content in 3rd party apps that we > can provide to developers? > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:59 PM Shih-Chiang Chien <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Dietrich, >> >> FWIK navigation cursor is only supported in TV browser app in 2015 model >> and there is no way to turn on for 3rd-party apps. The real solution should >> be supporting spatial navigation for 3rd-party apps and apps need to >> optimize for non-touch devices as well. >> >> Best Regards, >> Shih-Chiang Chien >> Mozilla Taiwan >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Dietrich Ayala <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks David! >>> >>> Yes, I mean the navigation cursor. >>> >>> When I load web content in the Firefox browser app on the tv, it is >>> visible, and uses the arrow keys on the tv to control. >>> >>> But for apps, it is not visible. >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 6:25 PM David Flanagan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Bug 1114536 is possibly related. It is about "spatial navigation" on >>>> flip phones. There is a giant patch from a partner attached that would be >>>> great to have some more eyeballs on. I imagine that flip phone keypads and >>>> tv remotes should have similar behavior for navigating within apps. >>>> (Though >>>> I suspect that apps that have the best UX will handle the arrow keys >>>> themselves rather than leaving this to a generic navigation mechanism.) >>>> >>>> But more to Dietrich's point, don't we have things like focus rings >>>> turned off in our CSS (or even at a lower level) for touchscreens? Perhaps >>>> the TV apps were using building blocks that explicitly prevented the >>>> display >>>> of the currently focused element? >>>> >>>> Dietrich: I'm assuming that when you say "cursor" you mean navigation >>>> cursor or focus ring. But if you're talking about the text input cursor, >>>> then I've got not clue. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Joe Cheng <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> \o/ thanks for sharing Dietrich >>>>> Can't wait to hear more of your experience and feedback from more >>>>> events >>>>> >>>>> There is a newly posted article on MDN, perhaps this will help with app >>>>> development on TV >>>>> >>>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/TVs_connected_devices/TV_remote_control_navigation >>>>> >>>>> I'm interested to understand cursor needs on TV app development. >>>>> Thought that most TV apps will have better experience if the app supports >>>>> arrow key events with a traditional TV remote? >>>>> >>>>> The cursor in the TV browser is a special implementation. There are >>>>> some gecko work that's still needed for cursor support in general but i'm >>>>> not the best person to talk about the technical details. I will let others >>>>> chime in >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Re, >>>>> Joe Cheng >>>>> —————————— >>>>> Mozilla Corp. >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:38 AM, Dietrich Ayala <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> We spent all day building TV apps with tons of people at RejectJS in >>>>>> Berlin, and it was AWESOME. >>>>>> >>>>>> However, we ran into a problem very quickly: In apps pushed to the TV, >>>>>> the cursor doesn't show up, and focus was not working as expected. For >>>>>> example, calling focus() on an <a> tag did not focus the element. Form >>>>>> elements were able to receive focus. >>>>>> >>>>>> The cursor did work in web content in the Firefox browser app. >>>>>> >>>>>> People worked around this by writing their own navigation systems with >>>>>> arrow key events. >>>>>> >>>>>> What is required for cursor visibility in 3rd party apps? >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> dev-fxos mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dev-fxos mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-fxos mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
