[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 218055] New: Support Keyboard Map API

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218055

            Bug ID: 218055
           Summary: Support Keyboard Map API
           Product: WebKit
           Version: Safari Technology Preview
          Hardware: Macintosh
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: UI Events
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: juberti at google.com

This API allows applications to determine which keycodes are mapped to specific keyboard keys on non-QWERTY keyboard layouts. For example, in a FPS game, the player will navigate using the WASD keys on a QWERTY keyboard, but ",AOE" on a Dvorak keyboard.

Providing this information allows a web application to show an appropriate keyboard hint (e.g., "press the [,] key to move forward") for the current keyboard layout.

Spec: https://wicg.github.io/keyboard-map/.

There are fingerprinting considerations here, as noted in https://wicg.github.io/keyboard-map/#privacy. Given that the mapping between a key and its keycode is shared with the web application whenever a key is pressed (allowing fairly identification of layout with only a couple keys), requiring a user gesture may be sufficient protection.

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