Closed
Bug 615879
Opened 13 years ago
Closed 2 years ago
IME composition doesn't start by typing a character for starting FAYT in auto-start mode
Categories
(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect, P2)
Toolkit
Find Toolbar
Tracking
()
RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 409754
People
(Reporter: masayuki, Unassigned)
References
Details
(Keywords: inputmethod)
Attachments
(1 file)
20.07 KB,
patch
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Details | Diff | Splinter Review |
1. Open IME on an editor (e.g., searchbar) 2. Enable auto-start of FAYT 3. type a character on web page Actual result: The input causes inputting a character without IME Expected result: IME starts composition in the editor of find toolbar I worked for this bug on another bug (bug 483122). Following comments are posted to the bug. > Masayuki Nakano (Mozilla Japan) 2010-11-30 07:48:52 PST > > If bug 610821 is fixed by the posted patch's approach, the native keydown event > will be sent to IME when our keydown event handler move focus to editor. So, > the fix will make a possible way to fix this bug. > > However, there is a serious problem about the FAYT spec. That is, even if > auto-start is enabled, / or ' causes manual-start. Unfortunately, it cannot be > checked in keydown event handler because we cannot know whether the pressed key > has the characters in its shifted position. And also it means IME users cannot > start by some characters which are assigned to same key as / or '. > > So, to fix this bug, we need to find a new better behavior for i18n. > > I think that we should kill the manual-start at auto-start mode for / and '. If > so, we can provide same behavior to all keyboard layout users. However, it > means that user cannot choose text-search-mode or link-only-mode if auto-start > mode is enabled. This is bad. > > Furthermore, there is another i18n problem, that is, some keyboard layout may > need Shift key or Option key (on Mac) for inputting / or '. So, the shortcut > key design is very bad for i18n. > > Therefore, I think that we should define new shortcut keys for the > manual-start. E.g., Function keys which don't depend on keyboard layout are > better than / or '. But I'm not sure what keys are the best for them. > > [reply] [-] Comment 11 Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX) 2010-11-30 18:15:22 PST > >>Therefore, I think that we should define new shortcut keys for the >>manual-start. E.g., Function keys which don't depend on keyboard layout are >>better than / or '. But I'm not sure what keys are the best for them. > > Let's go with accel-/ and accel-' for now. > > [reply] [-] Comment 12 Masayuki Nakano (Mozilla Japan) 2010-12-01 07:40:35 PST > > Created attachment 494377 [details] [diff] [review] > Patch v1.0 > > I'll request review after bug 610821 is finished.
Reporter | ||
Updated•13 years ago
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Summary: Cannot start FAYT in auto-start mode by IME composition → Doesn't start IME composition when type a character for starting FAYT in auto-start mode
Reporter | ||
Updated•13 years ago
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Summary: Doesn't start IME composition when type a character for starting FAYT in auto-start mode → IME composition doesn't start by typing a character for starting FAYT in auto-start mode
Updated•8 years ago
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Priority: -- → P2
Reporter | ||
Comment 1•3 years ago
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Resetting assignee which I don't work on in this several months.
Assignee: masayuki → nobody
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Reporter | ||
Updated•2 years ago
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Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 2 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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