Open Bug 588313 Opened 15 years ago Updated 3 years ago

Don't activate IME when textboxes are activated/focused programmatically

Categories

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
Layout: Form Controls
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

People

(Reporter: mfinkle, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: mobile)

Some mobile OSes, iPhone and Android for example, do not show the soft (virtual) keyboard when a textbox is focuses from code (JS or C++). Only when the user explicitly taps on the widget does the textbox activate the IME and the keyboard appears. We could use an attribute, or a CSS pseudo rule, to control this feature. It should work in chrome (XUL) and content (HTML).
Keywords: mobile
Note: We should be able to style the widget as "active", but just not show the virtual keyboard until the user taps the widget.
Summary: Don't activate IME when textboxes are activated/focused programmatically → [VKB]Don't activate IME when textboxes are activated/focused programmatically
Summary: [VKB]Don't activate IME when textboxes are activated/focused programmatically → Don't activate IME when textboxes are activated/focused programmatically
Blocks: 532738
It seems like the patch in bug 532738 has a patch for this now.
Severity: normal → S3
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