Bug 167852 - [GTK] Missing feature "click-to-play" for plugins
Summary: [GTK] Missing feature "click-to-play" for plugins
Status: RESOLVED CONFIGURATION CHANGED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Plug-ins (show other bugs)
Version: Other
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Keywords: InRadar
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Reported: 2017-02-05 01:40 PST by Joachim Frieben
Modified: 2022-06-28 01:20 PDT (History)
4 users (show)

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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>