[webkit-dev] Detecting paste with cmd-v on Mac

[Rush Manbert]

On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:21 PM, Alexey Proskuryakov wrote:

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> 03.03.2009, в 23:21, Rush Manbert написал(а):
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>> I checked the values of the DOM even modifiers alyKey, ctrlKey, and  
>> shiftKey and they are all false on a cmd-v paste
>
> That's expected, Cmd maps to metaKey.
>
>> Is the difference between Safari and WebKit expected?
>
>
> Yes, WebKit preserves legacy keyboard event behavior for  
> applications linked against old SDK, see <http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebKit/mac/WebView/WebView.mm#L1284 
> >. The behavior was changed to be IE-compatible in version 3.1.
>
> I expect that checking for evt.metaKey will make it easy to filter  
> out Cmd+V.
>
> - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov
>

Thank you. I had missed the fact that metaKey exists as an event  
property (and had wondered why there was nothing like that). Checking  
for it works perfectly.

Best regards,
Rush