[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 1288978 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Hey, I said, "If you think that it's not enough to reserve shortcut keys for some functions, please file a bug for each shortcut key". And Ctrl+N, Ctrl+W and Ctrl+T should work on Windows. They are reserved shortcut keys. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated) [Why is this notable]: Anyone who ever used Firefox is aware of this annoying bug, and now it's fixed [Suggested wording]:Reserved Firefox shortcuts now work in plugins like Flash & Acrobat Reader [Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78414#c676 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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>>> My Info: Win7_64, Nightly 49, 32bit, ID 20160526082509 (all bugs mentioned in comment 676 , comment 677 are already fixed) STR: 1. Open attachment 8675621 2. Click in searchbar, then click on the flash 3. Press Ctrl+L, or one of the following: Ctrl+N, Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+T, Ctrl+Tab AR: None of them work (tested in both e10s and non-e10s modes) ER: At least some said hotkeys should work (it's really UNCLEAR what hotkeys exactly are "reserved") So I will (try to) reopen this if there's no reasonable response from your side in 24 hours. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 992628 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Removing the release note flag. Whatever was going on here was happening in the Firefox 48 timeframe. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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FYI: Windows specific fix: bug 1257759 Mac specific fix: bug 1257760 And note that this is WONTFIX on Linux due to event handling model limitation, technically. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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This is now (Fx 48~), fixed by bug 1203059 only for "reserved" shortcut keys. If you think that it's not enough to reserve shortcut keys for some functions, please file a bug for each shortcut key. Our agreement is, we do NOT enable whole shortcut keys on plugins, e.g., Ctrl+C, etc. So, be careful when you judge if a shortcut key should be "reserved". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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And nobody shouldn't reopen this bug because I implemented a way to override shortcut keys even if a plugin has focus. So, if you find specific problem, please file a bug for each problem. This bug has too many CC list and a lot of comments. So, it doesn't make sense to keep discussing on this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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I suspect not: Control-C/V/X at least still need to go to the plugin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 1274240 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Sergio, would you still be interested in working on this? If not, would it be possible to put this on a backlog somewhere? Personally, I'm mostly concerned about Flash and CTRL + W (that is, tab closing)... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 1164860 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 1171091 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 1174902 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to Benjamin Smedberg [:bsmedberg] from comment #664) > The Firefox frontend should be in charge of this: perhaps the best option is > to have an API that the Firefox frontend can call "set browser shortcut > keys" and then the Firefox frontend can collect the keys that matter from > the elements in the Firefox chrome. This sounds like a fine approach. Would it be acceptable to intercept all the keys that fit this category? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435] Re: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected
** Changed in: firefox Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 982 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 1077155 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435] Re: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected
Partial solution of the problem provides this FIrefox/Seamonkey addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/focus-regainer/ Or lite version: https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/focus-regainer-lite/ But lite version of addon currently has problems with iframes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 1029444 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435] Re: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected
** Summary changed: - Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page + Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree - Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) or switch to next tab (using - Ctrl-Tab) when flash content is selected on page. + Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) or Quit (using Ctrl-q) or switch + to next tab (using Ctrl-Tab) when flash content is selected on page. Steps to reproduce: 1) Open a new Tab 2) Go to a website with flash content (in this case youtube.com) 3) Selected the flash content by clicking on it (in this case click on play) 4) While the content plays, press a keyboard shortcut (in this case Ctrl-w to close the tab) Result: The shortcut is not registered by firefox, the tab remains open Expectation: The shortcut should be registered by firefox, the tab should close A good way of knowing that "selecting the flash content" is at the root of the problem: if you select a part of the page that is not flash content (in this case empty white space at the right or the left of the video) followed by Ctrl-W, the tab closes. Version Information: Ubuntu Hardy (2.6.24-19-generic) firefox 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Cannot use firefox keyboard shortcuts when flash object is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 973760 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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> This patch, instead of killing all events going to the plugin, only kills > the ones that will generate movement on the page (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, > SPACE...). I don't know about Mac, but on Windows, Java applets (or, at > least, the ones I've tested) doesn't properly return the event feedback to > the browser. That doesn't answer my question. Does the patch kill the events *before* they get to the plugin, or *after*? We must certainly send plugins the arrow keys and space. > > Are control-t/w/r localized? I suspect they are, and so we can't just > > hardcode the English letters, but really need the application frontend to > > tell the plugin which keystrokes are "special". > > Yes, there should be a way for enabling/disabling this functionality, The Firefox frontend should be in charge of this: perhaps the best option is to have an API that the Firefox frontend can call "set browser shortcut keys" and then the Firefox frontend can collect the keys that matter from the elements in the Firefox chrome. > > Also, for plugins that install subwindows (Acrobat), does this keystroke > > hook still work? Or is > > this primarily for Flash? > > Yes, it should. In fact, even if it appears to be embedded, Flash is just a > bunch of windows which share the Device Context with the browser. Flash is typically a single subwindow. Acrobat is a whole hierarchy of subwindows, and we only hook keystrokes for the toplevel window. That's why I was asking about it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to Benjamin Smedberg [:bsmedberg] from comment #659) > "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...)." What does this mean precisely? In Windowless mode, > plugins are supposed to return true/false whether they handled any > particular keystroke, and we should only propagate the keystroke if the > plugin didn't handle it. This works on Mac, IIRC: does it not work on > Windows (at least for the popular plugins)? We can't have arrow keys that > move the page around and also do things within the plugin like text > navigation or gaming commands. This patch, instead of killing all events going to the plugin, only kills the ones that will generate movement on the page (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, SPACE...). I don't know about Mac, but on Windows, Java applets (or, at least, the ones I've tested) doesn't properly return the event feedback to the browser. > Are control-t/w/r localized? I suspect they are, and so we can't just > hardcode the English letters, but really need the application frontend to > tell the plugin which keystrokes are "special". Yes, there should be a way for enabling/disabling this functionality, and for configuring which keystrokes should be processed/ignored. I'm not familiar with the "mozilla way" for doing this kind of things, but if you could point me to dome docs or a piece of code with similar functionality, I can give it a try. > Also, for plugins that install subwindows (Acrobat), does this keystroke hook > still work? Or is > this primarily for Flash? Yes, it should. In fact, even if it appears to be embedded, Flash is just a bunch of windows which share the Device Context with the browser. The problem I've noticed with some plugins, is that with some of them the instance owner doesn't notice when they request focus, so the hook doesn't get installed. But this just means that we should look for another place for installing it. > jmathies will be the eventual reviewer for this, but I think we should > probably break it apart into the windowless and windowed-mode patches, which > are pretty different. I'm OK with this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Sergio, will you be able to address comment 659? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 936902 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 938309 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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"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...)." What does this mean precisely? In Windowless mode, plugins are supposed to return true/false whether they handled any particular keystroke, and we should only propagate the keystroke if the plugin didn't handle it. This works on Mac, IIRC: does it not work on Windows (at least for the popular plugins)? We can't have arrow keys that move the page around and also do things within the plugin like text navigation or gaming commands. Are control-t/w/r localized? I suspect they are, and so we can't just hardcode the English letters, but really need the application frontend to tell the plugin which keystrokes are "special". Also, for plugins that install subwindows (Acrobat), does this keystroke hook still work? Or is this primarily for Flash? jmathies will be the eventual reviewer for this, but I think we should probably break it apart into the windowless and windowed-mode patches, which are pretty different. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 939422 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Comment on attachment 827318 PoC patch for both winless and windowed plugins. (Windows) See comment #656. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Created attachment 827318 PoC patch for both winless and windowed plugins. (Windows) 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. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 931686 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 626186 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 744544 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
I'm restricting further comments on this bug because it's the issues are well understood (see comment 638), and further comments just spam the 386 users CC'd to this bug. The newsgroups are more suited to general discussion, and developers can update this bug as needed when new information becomes available. [Comments are restricted to users with the editbugs privilege -- with privilege comes responsibility, so please consider carefully before commenting if you are able.] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to flamingspinach from comment #650) > This ticket was just set to priority P3. According to > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Priority_System , this is a designation > for enhancements. Does that mean that this issue is considered an > enhancement request rather than a bug report? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#priority seems more up to date. Enhancement requests are characterized by having their Severity set to "enhancement". This one is currently set to "major" instead, which places it only one step lower than a "critical" (i.e. crash, hang or dataloss) bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
This ticket was just set to priority P3. According to https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Priority_System , this is a designation for enhancements. Does that mean that this issue is considered an enhancement request rather than a bug report? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 819566 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 811225 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
*** Bug 801880 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to LAFK from comment #540) > (In reply to Alexander Rødseth from comment #495) > > Josh Aas, which events should be let through, in order to not break a > > non-trivial number of existing plugin-based applications? It's a fairly > > minimal amount of key press events that are blocked in my Gtk2 patch (and as > > I understand, people want additional keys to go to Firefox, like Ctrl-F4 and > > Alt-D). > > Josh, > > Please kindly answer, or provide some information on which you base your > comment #487 (especially "This patch denies plugins many events that they > have always received" part), so that patch can be tweaked. > > If you have some tests/test that you base this of, please share. This patch do nothing with flash on many sites, but works on youtube. I tested it already. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to Sduibek from comment #532) > Is there a desktop browser that doesn't experience this bug at all? Midori Browser -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0 If enabling the context menu on a flash content, several mouse click are needed to dismiss it. While the context menu is enabled the focus is completely lost and Firefox does not respond to any command. Please let me know if I should open a new bug for this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Roman, comment #385 is not an "other linux-only work-around" compared to comment #487, but the very same. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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> I did NOT CC myself to this bug so that I could hear people complain about > it constantly. Actually I think I’m rather enjoying it :) I love Firefox, no other browser has such an entertaining crowd of frustrated users bashing it in a woefully inadequate bugtracker :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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But thanks indeed for spamming the bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Hvis is where I un-cc. This is spamming my mail, and not a damn thing is beeing done. Firefox has grown slow and unresponsive, and I've gone to Chrome too. Byebye. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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WHERE THIS BUG STANDS AS OF TODAY There is a technical side to this issue: Firefox is technically UNABLE TO FILTER THE KEYS: confirmed in comment #3, comment #27, comment #181, comment #185, comment #627 (an explanation rather than a confirmation). The hundreds of comments asking Firefox to "just" filter some keys (often going to a lot of specifics) can only be useful once Firefox can intercept plugin keys - which it can't, see bug 788718. Mozilla has always wanted to fix this bug by changing the plugin API to allow plugins to send back "unused" keys. This is confirmed in comment #188, comment #315, comment #337. Last time this has been confirmed is end of 2009. There have been a few specific proposals: comment #236, comment #269. But, possibly due to the sheer scale of this work, it has not been completed, and seems more unlikely than ever before. In comment #487, a patch was proposed by Josh Aas from Mozilla which filters what events plugins see, thus departing from the "let's fix the plugin API" approach. The patch was Linux only. This appears to confirm that at least some people at Mozilla are OK with the "filter the keys" approach. There are other linux-only work-arounds: comment #260, comment #385. There have been some attempts at fixing the bug by providing a way to unfocus the plugin, sidestepping Firefox's inability to filter keys before the plugin sees them: comment #303, comment #308 and my own comment #446 (in which I failed to actually figure out a way to unfocus the plugin - the fact that the plugin captures all keys was not a problem because I used an OS-wide keyboard hook). Mozilla is asking for patches, but it's been a while since comment #337 and it's no longer entirely clear whether a patch filtering the keys would still be rejected outright. A comment in bug 788718 from someone at Mozilla would clear up this uncertainty. There is a bounty standing at $164 as of today on this bug: comment #334. P.S. I shall be bold now and update the whiteboard to point to this comment. The point of this post is to compensate for Bugzilla's lack of a comment voting feature, making the above comments get lost in the noise, and since comment 403 has been repeatedly called "outdated". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Hvis is where I un-cc. This is spamming my mail, and not a damn thing is beeing done. Firefox has grown slow and unresponsive, and I've gone to Chrome too. Byebye. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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PSA: Every time you post a comment on this bug, you are spamming 375 email addresses. I don't know about you people, but I CC'd myself to this bug so that I could receive updates about what Mozilla developers are doing about it. I did NOT CC myself to this bug so that I could hear people complain about it constantly. I assume the majority of people CC'd to the bug had similar reasoning when adding their email address. So please do not comment unless you are working at Mozilla, or are a user *providing information about the issue*. This is basic netiquette for every bug tracker ever. Considering that this issue is extremely well understood by Mozilla (though apparently not by most of the people commenting here), there should be no need for users to provide more information about the issue. So in short, STOP COMMENTING UNLESS YOU WORK AT MOZILLA. Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Few thoughts: 1) I'm quite certain Mozilla had reasons to wait for Adobe/Flash. I'd like to know whether they still stand. Perhaps they don't. 2) I recommended WON'T FIX to Mozilla to actually clear up bug status. It took me a while (and some effort) to actually learn why this bug is NOT being worked upon and what has been done. I'm not tied to Mozilla AT ALL. This means it's my own personal recommendation for Mozilla team IF THEY DECIDE TO STICK WITH WAITING FOR FLASH, which I - again, personally - think is wrong course of action. Still, it's better then current situation, because every person coming here is bound to misunderstand (pointer to comment 403 doesn't help either). 3) Switching to Chrome and about Open Source (OS) - and plug-ins. Chrome is actually quite good browser, though proprietary. Chromium is also good, and it's free (OS, non-proprietary). If you find them to your liking, good for you - and I don't write in a "I don't give a damn" way, it's actually true. OS is open, but it's not free for whoever makes it. And they make mistakes as everybody else. Fixing takes time and effort, these aren't free - and sometimes it's not easy (shouldn't take 12 years, sure, I don't claim otherwise, I think something else is at hand here). It's good to be passionate about web-browser, but honestly - and I don't mean to preach - I don't think announcing how Chrome is better and FF sucks because of this bug will (don't lynch me yet) speed up the fix coming. Not trying to defend anyone here, just showing another view of the situation, which might be broader in some aspects. I am an avid fan of mouseless navigation (avid Vimperator and Pentadactyl user) and this bug has been a pain for such a long time now. I totally understand, how frustrating it is and am far from condemning anyone for being irritated at n-th time losing ability to use this-or-that keystroke. I just think that we may be missing the info on the other side - the plug-in users. They don't come here (obviously, why should they) since they like the way it is. But perhaps it is us, who are in minority. I don't know, but it may be so. 4) Most important. What can help? So, again, if you guys have the info on plug-in usage, some figures about it, or the knowledge about the reasons Mozilla decided to wait for Flash, please share. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Stop pleading your case in this bug. They used to say Mozilla was great because open source meant more responsiveness to what users want, then they abandoned that and moved on to "submit a patch", and then they started rejecting patches they didn't like. It should be very clear by now that Mozilla is not about fixing bugs that users want fixed, and they even actively resist patches for bugs users want fixed. This isn't the first bug where this is the case, and it won't be the last. Pleading in here is not going to change the egos involved. Just use Firefox or don't. Their market share will tell them how they're doing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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I was not aware that this was idealogical issue. I thought it was purely technical! If that is the case then it seems like the idealogical battle has been already lost, as Firefox is now the only browser that contains this broken UI. I can guarantee that if we are waiting for all plugin makers (and remember, this isn't just about Flash) to update their plugins to support a spec. that applies to only one browser, well, it just ain't gonna happen! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to LAFK from comment #630) > Mozilla took different approach to Chrome - Chrome decided to take back > keyboard, FF doesn't want to harm Flash plug-ins that might be using it. > That is also why Roth's patch was rejected. > > When Flash adopts the NPAPI proposal and makes necessary changes, so will > Mozilla. No sooner will this be fixed than that, because otherwise it's hard > to test. > I recommend closing this / marking as "won't fix" with appropriate comment > "waiting for Adobe". Isnt firefox about user choice? Please excuse my technical ignorance but why can't there be a about:config pref that allows users to decide if they want plugins or the browser to get hotkeys first? Seems that a great number of people here want this. If the option is there then there would be no reason to complain! Even if the pref was the default option, the 0.1% of firefox users that have their flash game broken can set it back no problems. Everyone wins. I would argue that a change like this affects less people negatively then E4X depredation for addons. Yet, the call was made that the benefits outweighed the negatives. I believe mozilla can do the right thing again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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So this means holding back a better user-experience only because Adobe and other plugin-writers are lazy? Or because there are a couple of old flash-apps which 'might' use keyboard-shortcuts they shouldn't have used at all? Now that's for a strange, user-unfriendly decision. Take a look at the discussion, the number of votes on this bug. Marking this as WONTFIX equals WEDONTCAREABOUTUSERS imhoe. If this is the state Mozilla is in, it's a sad day for me. (In reply to LAFK from comment #630) > Mozilla took different approach to Chrome - Chrome decided to take back > keyboard, FF doesn't want to harm Flash plug-ins that might be using it. > That is also why Roth's patch was rejected. > > When Flash adopts the NPAPI proposal and makes necessary changes, so will > Mozilla. No sooner will this be fixed than that, because otherwise it's hard > to test. > I recommend closing this / marking as "won't fix" with appropriate comment > "waiting for Adobe". > > If someone has information why the approach "not to take back keyboard > unless Flash allows us to" was chosen, please share. I'd say it's wrong > approach, but my perspective is personal, and perhaps there are facts > speaking in favour for plug-ins. > > PS. A bit of irony: under the window I'm writing this in, there's "Status: > NEW". :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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I just wanted to say that I waited for this for some time, and it wasn't fixed. There was another bug today "Your connection has been reset". Seeing how mozilla manages bug reports, I truthfully didn't have the time to look for a work-around to another problem so now I've passed to Chrome. BTW - for those of you who "still" have the problem where a plugin doesn't respond to ALT+F4 - I've used a macro command in windows to execute: taskkill.exe /IM firefox.exe /F So I just pressed my key and firefox would close... (I have a keyboard with additional assignable macro keys) If you happen to have a keyboard or a mouse with macro keys, you're in luck :) Have fun guys! (I didn't even know there was ad block plus for Chrome - silly me :P ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Mozilla took different approach to Chrome - Chrome decided to take back keyboard, FF doesn't want to harm Flash plug-ins that might be using it. That is also why Roth's patch was rejected. When Flash adopts the NPAPI proposal and makes necessary changes, so will Mozilla. No sooner will this be fixed than that, because otherwise it's hard to test. I recommend closing this / marking as "won't fix" with appropriate comment "waiting for Adobe". If someone has information why the approach "not to take back keyboard unless Flash allows us to" was chosen, please share. I'd say it's wrong approach, but my perspective is personal, and perhaps there are facts speaking in favour for plug-ins. PS. A bit of irony: under the window I'm writing this in, there's "Status: NEW". :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Couldn't you insert Firefox invisibly between the keyboard and the plugin using an invisible window? Place an invisible window over the plugin. All user interaction would go to that window, which would then filter out any hotkeys, and pass the rest onto the plugin. KEYPRESS -> OS -> FIREFOX's invisible window -> PLUGIN -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to Mark Clements from comment #627) > My understanding of the problem (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm > wrong) is that currently Firefox loads the plugin in a separate process and > therefore has *no control* over how it handles keyboard events. > > In other words, when a plugin has the focus, the chain of events is as > follows: > > KEYPRESS -> OS -> PLUGIN > > and not > > KEYPRESS -> OS -> FIREFOX -> PLUGIN > > Therefore to fix this, the way plugins work needs to be re-engineered so > that Firefox sits in the chain. From my reading, this is the hard bit that > is stopping this bug being fixed. Once that has been resolved, it will be > trivial for Firefox to filter which keys get passed to the plugin, and we > can have a nice bit of bike-shedding to decide on the details. > > As far as I can see (and again, I may be wrong) the Advanced Key Handling > document is an attempt to get plugin vendors to respect certain key > combinations as 'browser reserved' and therefore to ignore them, passing > them back to Firefox, which would result in the following chain: > > KEYPRESS -> OS -> PLUGIN -> FIREFOX > > However, I agree with previous comments that this is a non-starter. I doubt that the plugin container is an issue. It always worked like this. Far before the plugin container. The simple workaround they did in (preventing some keyboard shortcuts from being stolen by the plugins) chrome was recommended here several times. It also would have worked swell all these years, until a more elegant solution is possible. (If ever) Also I didn't see any flash/java stuff that had a crazy enough developer to use shortcuts that the browsers use for the necessary events. (tab switching/closing, jump to urlbar, etc...) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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My understanding of the problem (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) is that currently Firefox loads the plugin in a separate process and therefore has *no control* over how it handles keyboard events. In other words, when a plugin has the focus, the chain of events is as follows: KEYPRESS -> OS -> PLUGIN and not KEYPRESS -> OS -> FIREFOX -> PLUGIN Therefore to fix this, the way plugins work needs to be re-engineered so that Firefox sits in the chain. From my reading, this is the hard bit that is stopping this bug being fixed. Once that has been resolved, it will be trivial for Firefox to filter which keys get passed to the plugin, and we can have a nice bit of bike-shedding to decide on the details. As far as I can see (and again, I may be wrong) the Advanced Key Handling document is an attempt to get plugin vendors to respect certain key combinations as 'browser reserved' and therefore to ignore them, passing them back to Firefox, which would result in the following chain: KEYPRESS -> OS -> PLUGIN -> FIREFOX However, I agree with previous comments that this is a non-starter. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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Is there agreement among users as to what, exactly, the "right" behavior is? Does bugzilla include a polling mechanism to ask? It seems to me that the right behavior would be to have the browser respond to any keys it's configured to respond to, and pass any other keys to whatever page element has focus. If plugins rely on keys the browser uses, the user should have the option of changing the browsers key bindings (except in safe mode). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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As far as I can tell from several years of following this bug, the problem is that The Powers That Be at MoCo have failed to come to a decision as to what, exactly, the "right" behaviour is. It's not at all clear that https://wiki.mozilla.org/Plugins:AdvancedKeyHandling , linked in comment 269, is still the current plan, and it's VERY clear that such a plan does _absolutely nothing_ to address existing versions of plug-ins. I do not believe -- and most of the saner commenters here seem to agree -- that a solution requiring third-party vendors to release new versions of their plug-ins is a viable one. The fix needs to be made in Gecko itself. The problem is convincing Firefox drivers that this "advanced key handling" spec is a non-starter. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to Nicolas Barbulesco from comment #623) > We are not at war. Aah. Yes, I was wrong. "Chrome has that too" was not the only respite FF had. "We're not at war with any other browser" is the one too. There is no war, but please note that if there is no feeling of competition, the browser will sink very soon. Most of my friends/relatives have moved to Chrome. For those of us who are still here just for the love of it, the reasons of sticking to it are reducing day by day, and that should be a matter of concern for Mozilla. Is there no one who can look at Chrome's source (and diff) and check how are they doing it now, especially since they started by picking a lot of things from FF and have had the same problem before? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to bugzilla from comment #621) > I'm not sure if this is a further advancement of this problem, but I've > noticed that ctrl-w and ctrl-F4 don't work when a plugin has focus in > Windows. This means you are trapped unless you can find a place to click, > or you close FF entirely. In this case, it would make sense to escape from the trap by pressing... Escape. > At the very least, there need to be some keys/shortcuts that are off limits > to all plugins. Shortcuts to close the tab and window should be at the top > of that list. And Ctrl L / Apple L too. (In reply to Piyush Soni from comment #622) > This problem has historically affected Chrome as well, and it was the only > respite Firefox had. When another browser has the same problem as Firefox, this is not a good thing for Firefox. We are not at war. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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*** IMPORTANT UPDATE*** It seems Google Chrome has now COMPLETELY fixed this issue (Version 21.0.1180.83). So open any flash video and you can press all your favorite key combinations ! (Like Ctrl + T, Ctrl + Tab, Ctrl + F4 / Ctrl + W etc. ). This problem has historically affected Chrome as well, and it was the only respite Firefox had. Firefox STILL cannot do that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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...and a simple technique for a malicious coder would be to take up the entire window/screen so that you can't click outside it. I'm not sure if this is a further advancement of this problem, but I've noticed that ctrl-w and ctrl-F4 don't work when a plugin has focus in Windows. This means you are trapped unless you can find a place to click, or you close FF entirely. At the very least, there need to be some keys/shortcuts that are off limits to all plugins. Shortcuts to close the tab and window should be at the top of that list. Currently some plugins, such as Acrobat Reader, will exit the plugin when ctrl-F4 is used, but one still needs to click outside the tab or window to get keyboard control back. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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As annoying as it is that Flash and other plug-ins consume all keyboard input once they receive focus, I thought this was supposed to be intentional so that the plug-in could do whatever it wanted with keyboard input without the user accidentally screwing up the browser (such as unwanted scrolling, tab-closing, tab-changing, menu commands, etc.). This is particularly important with interactive plug-ins such as games. The simple workaround is to click somewhere outside of the plug-in before trying to use any of the browser's keyboard commands. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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(In reply to Roman from comment #618) > Adobe has an entry for this: > https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=2944796 > > They have asked people to vote on it and describe how it impacts everyone. > Please do express your frustrations over there, since they are specifically > after this. It appears this helps them prioritise work on the issue. Thanks for the link. Do note however that this bug is not only about Flash. It really does need to be solved on Firefox's end. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Adobe has an entry for this: https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=2944796 They have asked people to vote on it and describe how it impacts everyone. Please do express your frustrations over there, since they are specifically after this. It appears this helps them prioritise work on the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to Hiro from comment #615) On my good old Firefox 3.6.23, this works. Regression? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to Hiro from comment #615) > embed but getting same results on Firefox only. The other browsers I use: - Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.11 - IE 9 - Safari 9 - Chrome 9 - Opera 12 I'm surprised pdf works fine on Seamonkey. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
On Firefox v14.0.1 mouse scroll will stop working on a new tab with an embedded pdf. To recreate: 1. go to http://www.pdfobject.com/markup/examples/sized-element.html 2. resize firefox so the vertical scrollbar shows 3. try scrolling the page but outside the embedded pdf. If mouse scroll does not work go another tab -> scroll the page -> return to the tab with the embedded pdf -- and now it works. 4. refesh the page -- now it does not work again. I'm making a site with plenty of pdf's and I'm worried that users could be turned away due to this issue. I tried both javascript and html versions to embed but getting same results on Firefox only. OS: Win7 Hardware: Vaio VGN-NS11M Firefox addons: disabled one by one while testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
This bug brings risk of physical harm to those of us who for medical reasons need to use the mouse as little as possible. Please don't let Firefox be a browser that unnecessarily excludes users with hand/arm health issues. Alex Limi's post #403 "rules" for commenting are not convincing, given that Limi claimed to "care passionately" about fixing this bug neither Limi nor a fix is to be found here one and a half year later. Someone with a twitter account should ask http://twitter.com/limi about this bug. To see a major bug go unsolved is one thing. But to not see someone from FF taking responsibility for it after so long time is really frustrating. There must be someone developing FF who knows enough about the nature of the problem to spend a little time making a modest blog post that describe (1) why only Firefox but not Chrome or IE has this problem. (2) what the prospects for fixing the problem are and (3) if there are any non-Firefox based workarounds. For example are there any other windows tools that can override Firefox control to a hotkey so that we can script the hotkey to do what we want and pass it on to Firefox only under certain circumstances? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to Rubino from comment #612) > > What you mean is that mozilla hasn't made anything about it meanwhile ? > Have you tried yourself version 5 before commenting ? > If not, i feel sorry for your poor comment. @Rubino, As flamingspinach said, you need to understand the real problem this bug is about. Yes, it was there in Firefox 5.0, and earlier. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to flamingspinach from comment #611) > I guarantee, this problem (meaning the problem which this bug #78414 is > about) has existed for eleven years, since before Firefox was even called > Firefox. Please understand the problem before telling us whether it exists > or not. What you mean is that mozilla hasn't made anything about it meanwhile ? Have you tried yourself version 5 before commenting ? If not, i feel sorry for your poor comment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
I guarantee, this problem (meaning the problem which this bug #78414 is about) has existed for eleven years, since before Firefox was even called Firefox. Please understand the problem before telling us whether it exists or not. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
I haven't upgraded firefox for some time. Yesterday i decided to upgrade from version 5.0 to latest version 13.0.1. Most of my plugins stopped working like the Kaspersky virtual keyboard etc. But one thing it's anoying me most it's my keyboard volume buttons stopped working when watching youtube videos. I've uninstalled firefox 13.0.1 installed firefox 5.0 again, voila. All my plugins working great and keyboard shortcuts working again. I guarantee, this problem doesn't exist in firefox 5 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
I'm bit of a noob when it comes to all this. But one thing I've noted. The bug doesn't exists on full screen. Let me explain. I have those multimedia type keyboard with volume buttons. What happens is, when flash player is in focus, even those volume up/down keys don't work. But when the flash player is in full screen mode, they (vol keys) work perfectly fine. Hope that helps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to Wouter van Wijk from comment #606) > It's not a Flash-bug, because it also happens in Adobe Reader. It's not a > Flash-bug because it doesn't happen in Chrome. > > About 'Back-seat driving': I am not able to fix it, because I'm not that > good at programming. If this back-seat behavior of me makes developers less > willing to fix bugs, I can understand that with small OSS project in his > (her?) free-time. But this is Mozilla. They are paying developers to fix > serious bugs. I find it interesting that bugs like this aren't fixed by a > multi-million dollar franchise, which Mozilla has become. I'm sorry, but > it's bad. I have been a fan of Firefox since Phoenix 0.1, but I am writing > this post in Chrome. I'd use Chrome if it had a decent customizable GUI with real themes. And comparable addon capabilities. Someone wanna fork it to implement the good stuff from firefox? :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to Wouter van Wijk from comment #606) > I have been a fan of Firefox since Phoenix 0.1, but I am writing > this post in Chrome. Don't say things like that. It makes Mozilla think that they need to imitate Chrome's more annoying features, like hiding the protocol in the URL bar, instead of imitating the parts like not having this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
It's not a Flash-bug, because it also happens in Adobe Reader. It's not a Flash-bug because it doesn't happen in Chrome. About 'Back-seat driving': I am not able to fix it, because I'm not that good at programming. If this back-seat behavior of me makes developers less willing to fix bugs, I can understand that with small OSS project in his (her?) free-time. But this is Mozilla. They are paying developers to fix serious bugs. I find it interesting that bugs like this aren't fixed by a multi-million dollar franchise, which Mozilla has become. I'm sorry, but it's bad. I have been a fan of Firefox since Phoenix 0.1, but I am writing this post in Chrome. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Implement a simple vote up/vote down to comments like every other website does these days. That will drive useless comments down and solve that problem at least. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to HaWaN from comment #603) > Can we please close this bug and open new one? > it's starting to be impossible to find ANYTHING here... Why? People at least come to rant here on the eternal bug instead of several other bugs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Can we please close this bug and open new one? it's starting to be impossible to find ANYTHING here... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Giving up on this bug. I'm switching to a different browser. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
I'm not missing reading comment 403, you're missing reading comment 595(and 596). I beg to differ from your statement that this is an 'unrelated problem'. It might be from a developer's perspective, but not from a user's perspective. It very much adds to the same problem of keys not working once you click on the flash object. The new addition being even clicking outside doesn't leave the keyboard, making the bug worse. I repeat, Chrome doesn't have this problem by default even with flash 11.3 (protected mode enabled or disabled). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Piyush Soni: Different problem and unrelated to this report. Plus you missed to read comment 403 first, as told before commenting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
The recent issue is actually a regression in Flash 11.3. Would be good to see Firefox mitigate this, but in the meantime, you can disable Flash's protected mode and the clicking will work again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(Also, I already tested that it happens on multiple machines, even with a clean profile) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
IMPORTANT (NEW) REGRESSION, NOT RUN OF THE MILL POST !! Alright. This problem has gone to another level now. Over the years I had built it in my muscle memory to click once on empty page any time I click in the YouTube player even by mistake - so that my keys are not locked. But now, with the latest update in Firefox (13.0.1) / Flash/ or YouTube, I can't even do that! So things have become even more frustrating, and fixing this even more important. Even scrolling doesn't work. NOTE : It does NOT happen in Chrome now, so it's all Firefox. At least fix this one urgently. Also, having noted that the Whiteboard points to misleading post, I still want to know why is no one working on this. If you lack resources, stop working on useless enhancements please. Why are you not prioritizing the bugs, it is out of my understanding. None of the reasons you gave can justify waiting for more than 10 years for fixing a critical bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
(In reply to Piyush Soni from comment #595) > In reply to Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec] from comment #594 > > Blindly pointing to Comment #403 doesn't help, because it is outdated, and > more importantly, *misleading*. [...] Then the Whiteboard shouldn't point to it, but maybe to your comment #595, or maybe to no comment at all, or maybe directly to the netiquette page, or maybe to an updated (but full) version of "what to do before posting" which would not amend but replace comment #403. I would have changed it myself if I had known what to change it to. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
In reply to Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec] from comment #594 Blindly pointing to Comment #403 doesn't help, because it is outdated, and more importantly, *misleading*. Please read that again yourself. Anyway we never saw Alex Limi after comment #406 here who was passionate for fixing this. At least create a new comment to point people to. I propose the following changes to comment #403 1). Change "it just didn't have" to "it still doesn't have" 2). Change Firefox "4.0" --> Firefox 13.0 (or 14, 15) 3). Remove the junk that follows. I hope my post contributed something. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
In reply to comment #591 and comment #593: Please read: 1) comment #403 as mentioned in the Whiteboard; 2) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html and then shut up unless you have something to contribute which will make the bug move forward. - Back-seat driving doesn't help. It may even make developers *less* willing to try their hand at fixing the bug. - If you think you know how to fix the problem, then feel free to ASSIGN the bug to yourself, attach the proposed patch as an attachment, and have it reviewed by some appropriate reviewer. In this case, https://wiki.mozilla.org/Modules/Core#Plugins might be of help to find who to ask for a review. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
> PS. it's already partially fixed. This is a lie. No fix has been made to actual Firefox. A couple of half- baked “workaround” patches posted on this bug doesn’t fix anything for anyone. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
DON'T HAVE PATCH, PLEASE DON'T WRITE HERE. THANK YOU! PS. it's already partially fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Warning sign! Please fix this! It's a bug labelled as Major, that has been open for more than ten (!) years! And it's a very irritating bug. I should be able to ctrl-t any time to open a new tab or ctrl-l to go to the location bar. It's really bad that a bug like this takes ten years to fix. A major bug that has't been fixed for ten years! I think it is a proof that mozilla has been focussing less and less on the end-user, sorry to say. I actually switched to Chrome because of it. Usability first! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Hmmm, now how did I end up in this thread? Ace, you're the man! Sorry for sparking everyone's emotions, I'm just very happy that a portion of my FF problems have been resolved. I seriously considered moving to Chrome. Luckilly FF13 has become usable and quick again. Thanks for everyone's input! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
giepie, notice that PDF scrolling in another tab is a completely different issue. See bug 273456 and bug 626813. The last one is even marked as fixed in FF13 so something could really change for you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 263435]
Hi Flamingspinach I;ve been keeping up to date with this thread since I joined. As I said, my biggest problem was with PDF files and the fact that I couldn't scroll when a PDF was open (the PDF document would scroll up and down when I'm actually scrolling a on a different tab). I was really surprised when this was fixed with the latest release. My second test was Youtube, and to my amazement, I was able to scroll the page, even when the vid had focus. However, I wasn't aware there was html5 and flash videos and that one of them would work differently. I can sort of live with the current problems (although the shift-tab function would still be a pain, even though I learned to deal with it). Sorry for posting something before thorroughly testing every single aspect. I don't usually post when I don't have all the facts. Thanks for everyone's help! G -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
