Bug 746112 - firefox won't automatically open the new gnome on-screen keyboard
Summary: firefox won't automatically open the new gnome on-screen keyboard
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: firefox
Version: 16
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
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Assignee: Jan Horak
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-10-13 22:25 UTC by Tobias Domhan
Modified: 2012-09-06 13:16 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-09-06 13:16:25 UTC
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Mozilla Foundation 789038 0 None None None 2012-09-06 13:16:25 UTC

Description Tobias Domhan 2011-10-13 22:25:43 UTC
Description of problem:
the new on-screen keyboard is a really cool feature. once enabled in the accessibility settings it will open up as soon as a text input field gets focus.
this is true for the shell and all other applications I tested, e.g. google chrome.
however there is one app, namely firefox, that just won't open the keyboard, when the url or search field will get focus.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
I downloaded, installed and updated fedora to the latest software available.

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. enable on screen keyboard in accessibility settings
2. go to firefox and click in the url bar
  
Actual results:
no on-screen keyboar showing up

Expected results:
an on-screen keyboard appearing as soon as the url bar gets focus

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jan Horak 2012-03-29 15:10:07 UTC
Yep, that's true. Taking...

Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2012-08-10 15:32:14 UTC
relevant irc discussion:

<jhorak> I'm a litte bit puzzled about on-screen keyboard. It used to autohide and show when clicking on input field, now it doesn't.
<halfline> i think it "detects" text entries using a gtk plugin from caribou
<halfline> so it could be you don't have the right plugin installed anymore
<halfline> or maybe you have it for gtk3 apps and not gtk2 apps
<halfline> (or vice versa)
<jhorak> hm, caribou, I didn't have caribou-gtk2/3-module installed.
<aday> jhorak, yep, it worked in F16
<aday> must have regressed for F17
<aday> it doesn't seem to work in firefox in F16; it's fine with gtk2 and gtk3 apps though
<jhorak> it might be missing caribou modules...
<halfline> i think firefox filters its gtk module list
<halfline> iirc
<halfline> so that might be related

Comment 3 Jan Horak 2012-09-06 13:16:25 UTC
We've escalated this bug to upstream:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789038


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