[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 35849] F5 and Ctrl-F cannot be suppressed with preventDefault

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35849





--- Comment #2 from Ivan Peters <ivan at ivanpeters.com>  2010-03-08 13:24:46 PST ---
Hmmm. You are right, IE does do the same (and it does seem like something that
might be deliberate).

In IE, I can still suppress the key by setting event.keyCode to 0.

Personally, I tend to agree with the idea that one shouldn't mess with
established UI behaviours. But there are always exceptions to every rule and
I'm facing one now so I'm tending to see it as a bug, or at least a bad idea.

In a world where the browser is just used for viewing web pages it is worth
trying to enforce some UI consistency. As browsers start to be used for more
"applications" in windows with the default menus and toolbars hidden, making no
allowances for exceptions can be a problem.

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