Open Bug 385701 Opened 17 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Remapped keys not working

Categories

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling
Version:
1.8 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: support, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.12) Gecko/20070508 Firefox/1.5.0.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.12) Gecko/20070508 Firefox/1.5.0.12

Using the MS keyboard remapper http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx and other keyboard remappers it is possible to assign a character such as ä to the key strokes Alt+; or to Ctrl+;. This works in all Windows application (including) IE6 but it does not work in Firefox. When I press Alt+; in Firefox then nothing happens.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a keyboard remapper.
2. Press Alt+;.
Actual Results:  
Nothing happens.

Expected Results:  
I expect ä to appear.
Version: unspecified → 1.5.0.x Branch
I tried some additional remaps such as assigning "7" to Ctrl+J. This did not work either. It appears that Firefox cannot handle characters that are invoked with a Ctrl prefix.
Component: General → Keyboard: Navigation
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: general → keyboard.navigation
Version: 1.5.0.x Branch → 1.8 Branch
Component: Keyboard: Navigation → User events and focus handling
Severity: normal → S3
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