[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 37719] Some HTML5 Input tags not treated as needing an input method.

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37719


TAMURA, Kent <tkent at chromium.org> changed:

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--- Comment #13 from TAMURA, Kent <tkent at chromium.org>  2010-04-20 16:35:10 PST ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> In HTMLInputElement.cpp, shouldUseInputMethod does not return true for HTML5
> input types (TELEPHONE, NUMBER, URL, and EMAIL).
> 
> When running on a touch-only device, touching one of these HTML5 input types
> does not result in a virtual keyboard, and the user cannot enter data.

Why do you check shouldUseInputMethod() for keyboard input in your platform?
shouldUseInputMethod() was introduced to control IME, which is a software layer
to input non-ASCII characters such as Chinese and Japanese.

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