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It took almost 10 years to finalize a spec for [[NPAPI:AdvancedKeyHandling|advanced key handling]] in NPAPI. This page provides information on past attempts. | It took almost 10 years to finalize a spec for [[NPAPI:AdvancedKeyHandling|advanced key handling]] in NPAPI. This page provides information on past attempts. | ||
= | = Discussions and Documentation = | ||
== [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93149#c15 Original Proposal] == | <tt>Note: Some of the archive links here require authentication, however most relevant information behind those links has been copied to this document.</tt> | ||
Mozilla bugs [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78414 78414] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93149 93149] have some information but are generally cluttered with useless comments. Deneb Meketa from Adobe posted a proposal on [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93149 bug 93149], comments [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93149#c34 #34] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93149#c36 #36] discuss it. | |||
There was a [https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2004-March/000057.html plugin-futures discussion started by Johnny Stenback in March of 2004] on the topic of handled status for key events. Johnny's discussion resulted in a [https://intranet.mozilla.org/PluginFutures/index.php/PluginEvents plugin-futures wiki entry]. | |||
Aaron Leventhal of IBM started a [https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2004-April/000064.html relevant discussion on plugin-futures in April of 2004]. The proposal discussed is an extension of Johnny's from March of 2004 and is actually fairly detailed. | |||
API modification work is discussed in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348279 Mozilla bug 348279]. The discussion there generally revolves around a proposal from Sun. Sun posted to plugin-futures about this work in March of 2007. | |||
Karl Tomlinson [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.plugins/browse_thread/thread/7b21b6b08499941d/5458da943ed1a81b#5458da943ed1a81b wrote a message on Google Groups proposing an X11 windowless plugin API]. There is some related info in that message. | |||
Josh Aas wrote a [http://boomswaggerboom.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/npapi-plugin-bugs-accessibility/ blog post] on the issue in September of 2008. | |||
= Past Proposals = | |||
== Deneb Meketa, Adobe, April 2002 == | |||
=== [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93149#c15 Original Proposal] === | |||
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== Comments == | === Comments === | ||
Deneb Meketa responding to Peter Lubczynski: | Deneb Meketa responding to Peter Lubczynski: | ||
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combinations to not reach the plugin. | combinations to not reach the plugin. | ||
= Johnny Stenback, Mozilla, March 2004 = | == Johnny Stenback, Mozilla, March 2004 == | ||
== [https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2004-March/000057.html Original Proposal] == | === [https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2004-March/000057.html Original Proposal] === | ||
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== Comments == | === Comments === | ||
One problem with this system is that it would require an accurate platform-specific specification of how the browser is supposed to interpret NPEvent data, which is often a pointer to a native structure, and often a synthesized one. | One problem with this system is that it would require an accurate platform-specific specification of how the browser is supposed to interpret NPEvent data, which is often a pointer to a native structure, and often a synthesized one. | ||
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This also lacks an accurate description of how focus flow would work. | This also lacks an accurate description of how focus flow would work. | ||
= Aaron Leventhal, IBM, April 2004 = | == Aaron Leventhal, IBM, April 2004 == | ||
== [https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2004-April/000064.html Original Proposal] == | === [https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2004-April/000064.html Original Proposal] === | ||
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== Comments == | === Comments === | ||
Rudi Sherry: | Rudi Sherry: | ||
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This doesn't cover the case of windowed plugins on Linux and Windows. The focus event enum in the spec adds cases for Carbon Mac OS X events. | This doesn't cover the case of windowed plugins on Linux and Windows. The focus event enum in the spec adds cases for Carbon Mac OS X events. | ||
= Oliver Yeoh and Danielle Pham, Sun, September 2007 = | == Oliver Yeoh and Danielle Pham, Sun, September 2007 == | ||
== [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348279 Original Proposal] == | === [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348279 Original Proposal] === | ||
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== Comments == | === Comments === | ||
How exactly is the browser supposed to send GetFocusFirstEvent/GetFocusLastEvent events to the plugin via existing NPP_HandleEvent. NPEvent data is different on each platform, it isn't clear how that would be conveyed when, for example, the type for NPEvent is "void*", a pointer to a native event structure. | How exactly is the browser supposed to send GetFocusFirstEvent/GetFocusLastEvent events to the plugin via existing NPP_HandleEvent. NPEvent data is different on each platform, it isn't clear how that would be conveyed when, for example, the type for NPEvent is "void*", a pointer to a native event structure. | ||