[webkit-dev] Changes to keyboard event handling

[Evan Gross]

On 12/13/07 3:32 AM, "Alexey Proskuryakov" <ap-carbon at rambler.ru> wrote:

>    In the latest WebKit nightlies, we have changed keyboard event
> handling to match Internet Explorer much more closely. This has fixed
> some compatibility bugs, although it remains to be seen whether
> significant problems with WebKit-specific content will be uncovered.
> It is entirely possible that we will need to undo some or all of these
> changes at some point.
> 
>    Conceptually, the changes all have a single root cause. We now
> treat keydown as an event corresponding to a physical key press which
> hasn't been translated with a keyboard layout yet - and keypress
> corresponds to a character being typed. Of course, we continue to
> support textInput as a more modern text event suitable for
> international input.
> 
<snip> 

> - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov
> 

Do these changes - at least the ones not directly related to text input -
apply only to read-only areas?

At first glance (talking Mac here), it still appears that a TSMDocumentID is
created for read-only areas. Should I be expecting changes to the way text
input (from an input method, at least) is handled as well?  A brief test
with my input method crashed in -[WebHTMLView(WebNSTextInputSupport)
attributedSubstringFromRange:] when sending an OffsetToPos. Anyway, looks
like I've got a bunch of testing to do...

Thanks,
Evan Gross

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