290500 - Quicktime plugin: Authentication window for embedded Quicktime movie not receiving keystrokes

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[Jan Pieter Kunst]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

An embedded Quicktime movie from a password-protected directory (with a qtaccess
file, similar to .htaccess for Apache) on a QuickTime Streaming Server pops up
an authentication window for username/password. (The username/password for the
testpage mentioned above is test/test.)
With Firefox 1.0.2 on a Mac it it not possible to type any text in the
authentication window, so it is not possible to view the movie. It seems that
Firefox doesn't give keyboard focus to the authentication window.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make sure that Quicktime is installed
2. Go to http://janpieter.xs4all.nl/firefox_test/
3. Try to type username/password (test/test) in the authentication window.  

Actual Results:  
Not possible to login because text fields in the authentication window don't
receive keystrokes.

Expected Results:  
Should make it possible to type text in the authentication window and send the
credentials to the server when clicking OK button.

Also reproduced the bug in the Mozilla suite and in the latest Firefox 1.0.3
nightly build.

I filed the bug under 'OS Integration' because I have the impression that the
nonresponsive authentication window is generated by the Quicktime plugin, not
Firefox itself.

Comment 1

[Jan Pieter Kunst]

The problem persists in Mac OS X 10.3.9.

Comment 2

[Hiro]

wfm.

Mac OS X 10.3.9

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; ja-JP; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050416
Firefox/1.0+

Camino 2005041322 (v0.8+)

Comment 3

[Jan Pieter Kunst]

Problem confirmed in Mozilla 1.7.7. on Mac OS X 10.3.9. Interestingly, in
Mozilla it is visible (in the status bar) that the characters which are meant
for the login window actually end up in the underlying browser window: Mozilla
uses them for the "Find on this page" feature.

Comment 4

[Edwin Brinkhuis]

I got the bug too!
FireFox 1.02 / QuickTime 6.5.2 / OS X 10.3.8

Comment 5

[Jan Pieter Kunst]

Problem still exists with QuickTime 7.0 on Mac OS X 10.3.9.

Comment 6

[Jan Pieter Kunst]

Problem still exists with Firefox 1.0.4, QuickTime 7.0, Mac OS X 10.3.9.

Comment 7

[Hiro]

Latest nightly+QT7 doesn't have the problem either. 
If this problem is not done with branch in fix, it is WFM or WONTFIX. 

Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; ja-JP; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050512
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 8

[Jan Pieter Kunst]

Problem seems to be solved in Mac OS X 10.4.1, Quicktime 7.0.1, Firefox 1.0.4.

Comment 9

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 11

[sceenz]

Same problem with firefox 1.5.0.4
Macintoch os x 10.4.6
no keyboard input possible for QTSS authentication window
Htaccess auth works fine.

Comment 12

[Andrew]

Same problem with firefox 1.5.0.8
Mac OS 10.4.6
Quicktime 7.1
Although it occurred with wmv files that required authentication. I do have both WMP and Flip4Mac.
no keyboard input possible for authentication window.

Comment 13

[Andrew]

Downloaded Latest Firefox 2.0.0.4 in an attempt to resolve issue.
Found I could now enter username and password, but when playing an *.asx file referencing *.wmv files under http authentication, and switching to a 2nd entry in the *.asx file, FireFox would crash.
This happened to me once at an entry change, and once half way through a 2nd entry. Have given up on 2.0.0.4 and gone back to 1.5.0.8
At least that didn't crash during playback.
Although obviously, I can't enter the username or password.

Problems do not exist with FireFox on PC, or IE on PC or Mac, nor Safari on Mac.