Ryosuke Niwa <rn...@webkit.org> skreiv Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:54:11 +0100
We're trying to figure out inside which element the editing operation
must
be done when a keypress event handler changes the focused element /
selection for https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81661.
Should it be done at wherever focus is after keypress event is
dispatched?
Or whatever keypress event's target was?
FWIW, Opera does #1 - inserts character in the newly focused input. I
recall bugs where typing bank account numbers/pin codes and such on pages
where a script changed focus automatically failing, so I believe that
compatibility problems has shaped our implementation. This doesn't mean
we'll never change it again, but it does mean we will thread carefully..
According to a fellow WebKit contributor, WebKit and Internet Explorer
use the current focused element whereas Firefox uses the event target.
This statement is a bit confusing because I have a few tests here where
Chrome uses the event target.. :-o so it's WebKit and Gecko versus Trident
and Presto in terms of behaviour.
data:text/html,<input autofocus onkeypress="i2.focus()"><input id="i2">
Typing a character inserts the character in the first input even though
focus is changing.
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Hallvord R. M. Steen
Core tester, Opera Software
