Re: [DOM3 Events] key repeating

On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 14:14 -0500, L. David Baron wrote:
> On Monday 2005-01-24 14:04 -0500, Philippe Le Hegaret wrote:
> > In the case of a key repeat, you should generate multiple
> > keydown/textInput/keyup, and not just the textInput. That's exactly what
> > the repeat functionality is about. It does have the drawback of not
> > having the ability to differentiate between fast key input from a user
> > on a keyboard and the key repeat functionality.
> 
> That drawback seems significant (especially for things like online
> games, where holding down something that's normally a repeating key
> could cause a state transition), and the fix for it seems reasonably
> simple.  I propose modifying the model by:
> 
>  1) adding back keypress events (They would carry the same data about
>     the key that keyup and keydown events carry now.), and 
> 
>  2) making keyup and keydown events fire only when a key goes up or
>     down.

I agree that this is a drawback, but we need to guarantee that the
keyboard events will act the same way in multiple platforms. I would be
interested in the feasibility of the implementation of your approach.
From rom what I remember when doing some tests a few years ago, keypress
events varied a lot depending on the platform. I can certainly try those
tests again if you believe this is no longer the case.

btw, if reintroduced, the keypress would need to be generated after a
keyup, but before a textInput.

Philippe