[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 22261] Clicking button input does not give it focus

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22261





--- Comment #27 from Ojan Vafai <ojan at chromium.org>  2010-06-16 12:02:14 PST ---
(In reply to comment #24)
> Making this a Mac vs. Windows difference could lead to websites that work only on Mac or only on Windows. So it’s undesirable.
> 
> But generally speaking, clicking on a button on Mac OS X does not focus that button.

I agree that making this a Mac vs. Win/Linux difference is undesirable. It's not clear to me what conclusion to draw from that though. 

Every other browser, including Firefox-Mac and Opera-mac, focuses buttons on mousedown. For the sake of compatibility with other browsers, I think we should make buttons mouse focusable. Otherwise, we put a burden on web developers to send WebKit down a different codepath.

It's hard to find sites that break due to this because they'll often work around it. For example, Gmail used to have code to work around this before they moved to div-based buttons. I'm sure other sites have the same. Consistency with other browsers seems like a sufficient argument to me.

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