Re: Where should UA insert text when the focus is changed in a keypress event handler?

Ryosuke Niwa rn...@webkit.org skreiv Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:54:11 +0100 We're trying to figure out inside which element the editing operation must be done when a keypress event handler changes the focused element / selection for https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81661. Should it be done

Where should UA insert text when the focus is changed in a keypress event handler?

Hi, We're trying to figure out inside which element the editing operation must be done when a keypress event handler changes the focused element / selection for https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81661. Should it be done at wherever focus is after keypress event is dispatched? Or whatever

Re: Where should UA insert text when the focus is changed in a keypress event handler?

With my web developer hat on, I would expect the WebKit/IE behavior. Keypress is fired before the DOM is modified (I tested in Gecko and WebKit on an input element). As such, I'd expect focus changed during a keypress event to change where the text is inserted. Notably, Gecko does the WebKit/IE

Re: Where should UA insert text when the focus is changed in a keypress event handler?

On 3/20/12 2:58 PM, Ojan Vafai wrote: With my web developer hat on, I would expect the WebKit/IE behavior. Keypress is fired before the DOM is modified (I tested in Gecko and WebKit on an input element). As such, I'd expect focus changed during a keypress event to change where the text is