463822 - Can edit the input fields of the parent window with IME

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

When the "All tabs" panel is shown, we cannot input any characters from keyboard even if the parent window has focus. However, when I use IME, I can input to them.

And also, any shortcut keys are accessible even if the All tabs panel is shown. E.g., Ctrl+L, Ctrl+K and Ctrl+F.

I think the panel should be autohide or modal. I recommend it should be autohide. Then, these complex issues can be gone.

Comment 1

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

For what it's worth but I think it's identical to bug 463693.

Comment 2

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

(In reply to comment #0)
> I think the panel should be autohide or modal. I recommend it should be
> autohide. Then, these complex issues can be gone.

Bug 457997 removed noautohide="true". So I suppose this bug is fixed, although I can't test it. Please verify.

Comment 3

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

Normally, the focus cannot move to parent window by bug 457997. Therefore, this bug cannot be reproduced in most cases. However, Ctrl+L and Ctrl+K also work even if the panel is opened, therefore, I can move focus to parent window input fields by them, and I still can reproduce this bug...

Comment 4

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

I think that Ctrl+L and Ctrl+K implementation can close the panel. Then, we can hide this bug from most users. However, if some extensions has similar function, this bug can be reproduced by its users.

I think that the remain issue is Core product issue. When parent window's contents get focus, the panel should be rolled up. However, we might not be able to fix this bug on Fx3.1.

Comment 5

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> I think that the remain issue is Core product issue. When parent window's
> contents get focus, the panel should be rolled up. However, we might not be
> able to fix this bug on Fx3.1.

We could manually listen to the blur event. But I'm also unsure why this doesn't "just work" already.

Comment 6

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

Bug 465076 added a workaround for this.

Note that this is still a general problem for panels. For example, you can press Ctrl+K while the Edit Bookmark panel is open.

Comment 7

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

Thank you for the workaround.

-> v.


Yes, we need more works for the implementation of the panel element...