1924790 - A11y code doesn't seem to trigger pointer events

Status: NEW

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[Olli Pettay [:smaug][[e-mail]]]

Assuming I'm reading the code correctly https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/754074e05178e017ef6c3d8e30428ffa8f1b794d/accessible/generic/LocalAccessible.cpp#2532-2565 uses a bit unusual code paths and thus bypasses the code which would normally generate pointer events from the incoming mouse events. (well, pointer events are also generated from touch events)

In normal event dispatching we end up here https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/754074e05178e017ef6c3d8e30428ffa8f1b794d/layout/base/PresShell.cpp#7321-7324

Bug 1911736 added a temporary tweak because of this issue.