[webkit-dev] feature request-webkit should send update events on minimization

[Gurmit Teotia]

Great. Thanks Kevin. When is the next version of WebKit expected to be
released? Is there any possibility to include this feature in next
release?

Gurmit

On 12/30/06, Kevin Decker <kdecker at apple.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 29, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Kevin Decker wrote:
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> >
> > On Dec 28, 2006, at 2:38 AM, Gurmit Teotia wrote:
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> >> Hi,
> >> We've developed an application using WebKit and Flash. As soon as
> >> we're minimizing the main window, flash application was stopping the
> >> execution. It was obvious as WebKit was stopping update events upon
> >> minimization.
> >>
> >> WebDashboardBehaviorAlwaysSendActiveNullEventsToPlugIns is declared
> >> but is not used anywhere, looks redundant code. Later I achieved that
> >> by removing the "WebNetscapePluginEmbeddedView" instance from default
> >> notification center for
> >> notifications-NSWindowDidMiniaturizeNotification and
> >> NSWindowDidResignKeyNotification. To me it does not matter if flash
> >> play at same speed while window does not have focus.
> >>
> >> I don't know till when this solution will work so I'd like to suggest
> >> that you must give some option in public API so that WebKit does not
> >> stop update events upon minimization.
> >
> > I agree; API to control null event throttling behavior is the most
> > ideal and safe solution.  Since I don't think we have a bug to
> > represent the task of bringing this control to API, I filed the bug:
> >
>
> Doh! Sorry about that.  The Apple Radar bug number I filed is 4902997.
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> Kevin
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