I think this might be related to an issue I raised which you corrected. It is
described in an email on Christmas day. It was in JSmol, but a similar
behavior.
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On Jan 30, 2013, at 5:40 PM, Otis Rothenberger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Based on involved file dates, early November 2012.
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> Otis
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> On Jan 30, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Robert Hanson wrote:
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>> Yes, that would be it, I think. I have filed a bug report with Bugzilla. For
>> how long have you observed this?
>>
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836490
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Otis Rothenberger <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> One context was that I was using arrow keys to nudge (translate) a clicked
>> model. After the click of the model, I would have problems similar to what
>> you describe with a script field on the page until I clicked in a non-applet
>> part of the page. The following pickCallback simulated clicking in a
>> non-applet part of the page:
>>
>> if (nudgeTyp != "") { document.getElementById("script").blur();
>> document.getElementById("script").focus();
>> document.getElementById("script").blur(); }
>>
>> Like I said. I thought is was a general applet issue.
>>
>>
>> Otis
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>> On Jan 30, 2013, at 1:46 PM, Otis Rothenberger wrote:
>>
>>> Bob,
>>>
>>> There was no problem with html5, but I suspect you knew that. I don't have
>>> active Java right now.
>>>
>>> BUT, I have encountered this problem in other contexts with the applet. I
>>> assumed is was a Java thing. When I encountered the problem, a forced
>>> JavaScript blur() then focus() would solve the problem. I could look up the
>>> context if it's useful, but your scenario comes close to what I was finding.
>>>
>>> Otis
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Jan 30, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Robert Hanson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Firefox 18.0.1 is showing very odd behavior. I'm wondering if this is
>>>> reproducible for other in Firefox or other browsers.
>>>>
>>>> 1) open http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/simple2.htm
>>>> 2) in the command textarea, enter
>>>>
>>>> background yellow
>>>>
>>>> 3) click on an atom
>>>> 4) back in the textarea enter
>>>>
>>>> background white
>>>>
>>>> Did that work? For me (4) fails to enter text.
>>>>
>>>> 5) click on the URL line, as if you were going to go to a new page
>>>> 6) back in the textarea enter
>>>>
>>>> background green
>>>>
>>>> It works, right?
>>>>
>>>> I sure don't remember this being a problem -- or, actually, I remember
>>>> something similar to this some time ago. Has it just suddenly reappeared?
>>>>
>>>> I know what is basically happening, and I can turn it off.The applet, when
>>>> you active it by clicking in it, also activates a keyboard listener.
>>>> Somehow Firefox is not recognizing that the textarea should take that
>>>> over, and the applet's keyboard listener is continuing to take the keys.
>>>> So, in (4), if *in the textarea* I type CTRL-K (which turns on key entry)
>>>> and then
>>>>
>>>> background white [ENTER]
>>>>
>>>> I see those characters in the bottom left-hand corner of the applet, and
>>>> the command is executed.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts on this? Is it a feature I should just remove?
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
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>>>> Chair, Chemistry Department
>>>> St. Olaf College
>>>> Northfield, MN
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>>>>
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>>>> it is better to take what answer we get.
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