On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Ken Tilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thx for the input, Alex.
>
> By the way, here is a playground test I set up: http://tinyurl.com/kkdsh7v
>
> This confirms that FireFox works for me on Win8 and IE, Safari, and Chrome
> do not.
>
> I imagine (and just confirmed) keyUp will work the same as keyDown and
> have the same problem: I can only get the keyCode.
>
> I'll try some raw HTML and see what happens.
>
definitely looks browser-specific.
-kt
>
> Thx, kenneth
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Alexander Steitz <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ken,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> the key abstraction layer is trying to getting things as conform as
>> possible for all browsers. However, when it comes to the modifiers and key
>> events being fired there might be issues concerning the event order and the
>> infos you get across different browsers.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> One last idea I have in mind: what about the “keyup” event? Otherwise I
>> would tend to write a small portion of browser-specific code as first
>> solution. It might be also a valid candidate for a bug report.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Regards,****
>>
>> Alex****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* Ken Tilton [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2013 4:56 AM
>> *To:* qooxdoo Development
>> *Subject:* [qooxdoo-devel] keyInput event on alt-/ only in FireFox?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Platform: Running qooxdoo 3.0 on Windows 8 (server and browsers)****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I am trying to support Emacs-like key chords in my custom math editor.
>> For example, I translate alt-/ to an inline division symbol. Editing takes
>> place in a a qx.ui.embed.Html widget where I have MathJax render TeX
>> generated by my editor.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> The alt-/ keychord works great on FireFox where I get a keyInput event
>> with "/" as the keyIdentifier and 4 (alt) as the modifiers, but on Chrome
>> 28.0.1500.95
>> m, Safari 5.1.7, and IE 10.09 no keyInput event is received. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> What I do get is a keypress event only on the alt key being pressed, then
>> a keydown event where the keyIdentifier is 'Undefined'. The keyDown event
>> does offer a keyCode of 191 with 4 as the modifiers so I have a workaround,
>> but then I have to write browser-specific code since the keyCodes are not
>> standardized.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Is this something I can hack into qooxdoo myself, or are the browsers the
>> problem?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Cheers, ken****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ps. Nice work on qooxoo 3.0 minimizing the dom!****
>>
>>
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