Bug 189389 – [iOS] Arrow keys do not dispatch DOM events to non-editable elements

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: WebCore Misc.

[Daniel Bates]

Pressing the arrow keys on a hardware keyboard in a focused text field does not dispatch DOM keyboard events. I observed this today on icloud.com. Here are the steps I performed:

1. Open an iPad simulator instance.
2. Visit https://www.icloud.com.
3. Tap the share button. Then tap Request Desktop Site from the share sheet.
4. Sign in to iCloud.
5. Tap Pages.
6. Tap the + icon at the top of the page to open the template chooser.
7. Press the right arrow key on the keyboard.

Then nothing happens. But the Blank Landscape template should have been selected (visually indicated by having an orange outline wrapped around it).

[Daniel Bates]

Created attachment 349101 [details]
Patch

[Daniel Bates]

We will need to fix bug #189388 in order to be able to write a test.

[Simon Fraser (smfr)]

Comment on attachment 349101 [details]
Patch

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=349101&action=review

> Source/WebCore/ChangeLog:16
> +        Unfortunately I ran into <https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189388> and hence could
> +        not write a test for this change.

Should we fix that first so we can land with tests?

> Source/WebCore/platform/ios/PlatformEventFactoryIOS.mm:174
> +        return "Unidentified"_s;

That's a bit weird to have in production code. Maybe return empty string?

[Daniel Bates]

There is a related issue with regards to arrow keys and editable elements. See bug #189388.

[Daniel Bates]

(In reply to Simon Fraser (smfr) from comment #3)
> Comment on attachment 349101 [details]
> Patch
> 
> View in context:
> https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=349101&action=review
> 
> > Source/WebCore/ChangeLog:16
> > +        Unfortunately I ran into <https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189388> and hence could
> > +        not write a test for this change.
> 
> Should we fix that first so we can land with tests?
> 

Will fix this in bug #189432 and update this patch to include updated expected results for the test included in the patch for bug #189432.

> > Source/WebCore/platform/ios/PlatformEventFactoryIOS.mm:174
> > +        return "Unidentified"_s;
> 
> That's a bit weird to have in production code. Maybe return empty string?

This is the correct behavior by <https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents-key/#key-Unidentified>.

[Daniel Bates]

Created attachment 349200 [details]
To land after landing bug #189432

[Daniel Bates]

Committed r235860: <https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/235860>

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/44316290>