Open Bug 1263510 Opened 8 years ago Updated 2 years ago

[UI Events-code] Map kVK_Help key to "Insert" rather than "Help" on Mac

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Events, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Events
Platform:
All
macOS
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox48 --- affected

People

(Reporter: masayuki, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

(Whiteboard: btpp-active) 

On Mac OS X, we currently map "Help" code value to kVK_Help key since "Help" key on Sun keyboard generates the virtual keycode.

However, normal PC keyboard which is, of course, more typical than Sun keyboard's insert key causes kVK_Help too. The key was labeled "Help" in old Mac's keyboard. However, in these days, the key has gone and using "Insert" value gives us better compatibility with other OSes (Windows and Linux).

Additionally, Chromium uses "Insert" for it. So, this should be changed in our side.
Whiteboard: btpp-active

Resetting assignee which I don't work on in this several months.

Assignee: masayuki → nobody
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Severity: normal → S3
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