Re: Problem with custom keyboards...

I found a bug 280527 that is very similar (problem with international 
keyboards and deadkeys) - this is almost certainly related!

Please vote for this bug - it's very important for our international users.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280527


J



Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> 
>> We have a custom Tongan keyboard built with Keyman 
>> (http://www.tavultesoft.com/). [...]
>> the ctrl+vowel keys produce nothing. It looks like the ctrl key events 
>> are being eaten by FireFox.
>> [...]
>> Tavultesoft mentioned that Microsoft has published guidlines on how to 
>> make MS applications "keyboard friendly".
>>
>> Is this a known problem? Any pointers on how to fix it? I would be 
>> happy to post a patch if I can get a head start from some developers 
>> familiar with the code.
> 
> 
> I have no idea if the problem is already identified. You should make a 
> search inside bugzilla even if it might not very easy to find. I know 
> some problem in the way mozilla handles the short-cuts have been 
> resolved a few month back for the linux version.
> 
> It's not very easy to write a good patch for mozilla (code that doesn't 
> respect the rules will not be accepted), and that case looks a bit 
> delicate. It would be better to open a bug, and point to good info about 
> the proper way to behave for mozilla.