On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 15:58 -0400, Gordon P. Hemsley wrote: > For what it's worth, I am actually of the opposite opinion, Ash. > > I like it when Flash steals the focus of the keyboard, and here's why: > Besides the arrow keys, which are available to everyone, I also use > the "Find As You Type" feature in Firefox. However, that usually means > that I can't play any HTML5 games that use letters as play keys. > Because the HTML5 game usually doesn't steal the focus of the > keyboard, typing a letter key activates the FAYT feature and distracts > me from the game. > > With that being said, Bespin (from Mozilla Labs) uses <canvas>, and it > has no problem stealing the keyboard focus (with JavaScript) for most > keypresses. > > Gordon > > > 2010/6/14 Ashley Sheridan <a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > > On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 13:38 -0600, Carlos Andrés Solís wrote: > > > Hello! I've been noticing a problem in many HTML5 test apps, > > very especially games. When the directional arrow buttons > > are pressed, the screen scrolls. This is a problem that, as > > far as I know, Flash had solved by changing the focus of the > > application to the app. Is this doable in HTML5? > > - Carlos Solís > > > > > I don't think it's something that was 'solved' by Flash. To > be honest, I'm often annoyed at the way Flash steals the focus > of all my key presses making it almost impossible to navigate > using only the keyboard. > > You could use Javascript to put the focus onto an object, > capture all the key presses on that and return false for them > all maybe. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > -- > Gordon P. Hemsley > m...@gphemsley.org > http://gphemsley.org/ • http://gphemsley.org/blog/ > http://sasha.sourceforge.net/ • http://www.yoursasha.com/
It's not that I have it in for Flash, but I feel it's not the most accessibility friendly of things you find on the web. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk