Closed Bug 149531 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Can't navigate in/exit full screen mode from QuickTime plug-in

Categories

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

x86
Windows 95
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 140566

People

(Reporter: mark_w_anderson, Assigned: aaronlev)

References

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Details

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530
BuildID:    2002053012

When viewing a media file (MPEG, QuickTime movie, etc.) not embedded in an HTML
page, if the tool bars and tabs are not shown, there appears to be no way to
either navigate (go back or forward, go to a specific URL), or to exit full
screen mode. I've been using Mozilla like this with no UI elements visible
(except scroll bars or sometimes tabs) when I'm browsing on a small monitor. I
can navigate from the keyboard or the contextual menu. Apparently, the QuickTime
plug-in presents its own contextual menu, and Alt+left arrow doesn't work to go
back, Ctrl+Shift+L doesn't work to enter a URL, and F11 doesn't work to exit
full screen mode. Of course the (auto-hidden) Windows task bar also refuses to
reappear in full screen mode, so I'm really stuck. The only thing that seems to
work is Alt+F4 to close the window, which in Windows generally exits Mozilla
unless there are other Mozilla windows open. I don't know what the solution to
this would be, since most of the problem is with the intentional behavior of the
QuickTime plug-in.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Hide all the tool bars and other user interface elements from the View menu.
2. Close all other tabs.
3. Enter full screen mode from the View menu, or press F11.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+L to navigate to the URL of a media file handled by the
QuickTime plug-in.
5. Go ahead and try to navigate or exit full-screen mode--you're stuck!

Actual Results:  Mozilla didn't respond to anything other than Alt-F4, which
exited the application.

Expected Results:  I would have hoped Mozilla would respond to keyboard
navigation or the F11 key.
This is a problem with all plugins - they steal keyboard shortcuts from the
browser by default. Sometimes they might let a few through if they know them to
be important keys for the browser.

See bug 93149 and bug 140566.

I believe this is a DUP of 140566 - can the reporter check?
Yes, this appears to be a duplicate of 140566. I came at this from a different
angle, and didn't see any bugs like this relating to full screen mode, which was
how I queried for previously reported bugs.

The original reporter of 140566 was using Mozilla on a Mac; I don't know if it's
possible to access the Mac menu bar in full-screen mode, but in Windows I get
nothing, which makes the behavior basically fatal. Of course, it is avoidable...
unless you click on a movie or PDF inadvertently.
So it is a dupe of Bug 140566, or would you like to explore this more on Win95
to make sure?
It's a dupe. The annoyance may or may not be more severe under Windows; I don't
know if the Mac menu bar is affected. But the cause seems to be exactly the same.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140566 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
marking verified as a duplicate.

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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: Keyboard: Navigation → User events and focus handling
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