When wmode="transparent" flash has keyboard focus, the keypress event is not dispatched. (keydown and keyup events are, by the way). Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to http://analogcode.com/p/JSTextReader/bugzilla/test-keypress.html in FF/IE. 2. Typing in the flash textfield causes onkeypress handler in that page to fire and show alerts. 3. Go to http://analogcode.com/p/JSTextReader/bugzilla/test-keypress.html in Safari/Google Chrome. 4. The onkeypress handler is never fired in those browsers when you enter text into the flash. This is needed for http://analogcode.com/p/JSTextReader/ .
See also #20836 .
Confirmed with r36540.
Mass closing plug-in bugs, as plug-in support has been removed from WebKit. Please comment and/or reopen if this still affects WebKit in some way.