(In reply to comment #415) > - Web applications should have the ability to receive any key, including > modified and even function keys, since only then the long-term dream of web > apps replacing desktop ones can be achieved;
Although you amend this a little further on I just want to point out that this is exactly opposite to the experience gained from multitasking operating systems in the last decades. If the plugin/web-app/etc is to behave w.r.t. the browser like an application does w.r.t. the operating system, events and resources should trickle or be requested from the browser so that they do not interfere with the resources of other apps or the events that are expected to be handled by an encompassing level (such as kernel or browser). A keystroke is such an event. Just like you expect your OS to act in a specific way to e.g. ctrl-alt-del or alt-tab there are also browser bindings of this kind, especially when it comes to switching focus or closing a tab or window. Right now there is simply no way to close the tab or switch to another one with the keyboard if a plugin has focus. That is definitely not the correct thing to do, whatever philosophy, architecture or dream we intend to follow. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
