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(Get the code!)
I'm not allowed to point out how incredible it is that this bug will still be unsolved in Firefox 4, so instead I am filing four enhancement requests suggesting efficient workarounds for the most annoying results of this bug: (Three of them were proposed already a year ago in my Comment 333 above)
1.
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.
[ Bug 625805 - Keyboard command enhancement: save lost scroll events (workaround for Bug 78414) ]
2.
Problem:
When cycling between tabs with Ctrl-Tab, I suddenly end up stuck in a focused plugin object.
Solution:
When showing another tab, never give back focus to a plugin object.
[ Bug 625806 - Keyboard command enhancement: keep tab navigation (workaround for Bug 78414) ]
3.
Problem:
When a plugin object is full-page, I don't know where to click to de-focus.
Solution:
Take away the focus from the plugin object if I click the tab at the top. The
tab was a "safe place" until a version some months ago, when the tabs could no
longer be focused themselves. Nowadays a click on the tab doesn't take away the
focus from a plugin object.
[ Bug 625808 - Keyboard command enhancement: safe click zones (workaround for Bug 78414) ]
0.
Problem:
Shortcut keys are not working for Firefox functions, they end up in the plug-in. But is anybody using them in the plug-in? Probably not nearly as often as someone is annoyed by Firefox's lack of function. And good plug-in programmers would never use these browser-common shortcuts anyway (apart from in malware), so why keep them in the plug-in?
Solution:
Never give the most important shortcuts F11, Ctrl-T, Ctrl-W, Ctrl-Tab, Ctrl-Shift-Tab, Ctrl-PgUp, and Ctrl-PgDn to a plug-in. Keep their Firefox functionality instead. *IF* users have problems with these shortcuts not working in a plug-in anymore, they will report it in this bug report system. If no reports are coming - then there was no use passing the keys to the plug-in!
[ Bug 625809 - Keyboard command enhancement: reclaim Firefox functionality (workaround for Bug 78414) ]
Please include these enhancement in Firefox 4.
Should be fairly easy & effective compared to solving the complete issue.
No need for user-defined disallowed keys, negotiating with Adobe & other
browser makers about standard behaviour conformance, etc. Just do IT.