On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Sergio López <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I tried to attach this patch to bug 78414, but it wasn't possible as > posting new comments is not allowed. > > This proposal is a sensible workaround (as a "complete" solution would > require the collaboration of every single plugin developer, which > doesn't seem feasible) for Windows. Is my understanding that OSX is > not affected, and a solution already exists for GNU/Linux, please > correct me if I'm wrong. > > I've implemented two different strategies, one for plugins running in > its own window, and the other for the winless ones. The first one > installs a keyboard hook, which looks for well known keystrokes, and > passes the focus to the main window when one is found. The second > passes all key events to both the plugin and the DOM, except for the > ones which generates movement events (arrow keys, space, > pageup/pagedown...). > > This patch is intended as a Proof-of-Concept, it needs betters > comments, an approved list of keystrokes to watch, and (probably) the > ability to be enabled/disabled via "about:config". But I wanted to > obtain early feedback from the devs prior to investing more work on > it. > > Thanks, > Sergio. > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > This mailing list stripped your patch, but I gave you editbugs so you can comment on the bug now. - Kyle _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
