Bug 167852

Summary:	[GTK] Missing feature "click-to-play" for plugins
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Joachim Frieben <jfrieben>
Component:	Plug-ins	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED CONFIGURATION CHANGED
Severity:	Normal	CC:	bugs-noreply, mcatanzaro, mrobinson, webkit-bug-importer
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	Other
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172652

Description Joachim Frieben 2017-02-05 01:40:06 PST

Unlike browsers like Firefox, WebKit based browsers lack a feature "click-to-activate" for plugins. This is an important lack due to its impact on usability and security. This issue was raised in GNOME's Bugzilla for component epiphany, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172652.

According to a developer of GNOME Web (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172652#c16), this issue cannot be dealt with inside GNOME Web but needs to be addressed in the WebKit backend.

Comment 1 Joachim Frieben 2017-02-05 01:43:47 PST

The WebKit version is 2.14.3.

Comment 2 Martin Robinson 2022-06-28 01:19:21 PDT

Support for NPAPI plugins was removed in https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/265753/webkit.

Comment 3 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2022-06-28 01:20:15 PDT

<rdar://problem/96044670>