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Bug 385701
Opened 17 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
Remapped keys not working
Categories
(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)
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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.
Updated•17 years ago
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Version: unspecified → 1.5.0.x Branch
Reporter | ||
Comment 1•17 years ago
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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.
Updated•17 years ago
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Component: General → Keyboard: Navigation
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: general → keyboard.navigation
Version: 1.5.0.x Branch → 1.8 Branch
Assignee | ||
Updated•5 years ago
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Component: Keyboard: Navigation → User events and focus handling
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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