625805 - Keyboard command enhancement: save lost scroll events (workaround for Bug 78414)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 483136

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, enhancement)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

[ Bug 78414 - "(PluginShortcuts) Application shortcut keys (keyboard commands such as f11, ctrl+t, ctrl+r) fail to operate when plug-in (flash, acrobat, quicktime) has focus" ]

Bug 78414 (Importance: major) was reported on 2001-05-01 and has not yet been solved - and it's not planned for Firefox 4 either. During the years its severity has grown along the ever broader use of flash and other plugins. Simply put, it makes Firefox a bad product. Since key handling inside/outside plugin objects is a delicate matter, people could discuss the theoretically best solution forever - instead of changing the behaviour to something better.

Here is a workaround for one of the most annoying results of the bug:

Problem:
When scrolling, it stops when cursor happens to be over a YouTube video.
Solution:
Never pass scroll events to a non-focused plugin object.

Please include this enhancement in Firefox 4.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load a Youtube video page.
2. Give the plug-in focus by clicking Play.
3. Hover the plug-in and scroll.
Actual Results:  
No scrolling.

Expected Results:  
Scrolling as normal.