I think we can temporarily override Panorama's key command while the web console is open (or the input is focused), releasing control-e when the terminal input is not focused.

This should block as this is something of a regression, we currently have control-a activated in each terminal input but not control-e. This is a developer ergonomics issue as well.

I hit this all the time on windows and it's incredibly jarring. I think we could add a focus listener to the input line to transplant the key-command and return it when we leave pretty easily.

(In reply to comment #3) > I hit this all the time on windows and it's incredibly jarring. > > I think we could add a focus listener to the input line to transplant the > key-command and return it when we leave pretty easily. ok, cool. I will try that route - I should be able to look at this this week. It is jarring.

(In reply to comment #3) > I think we could add a focus listener to the input line to transplant the > key-command and return it when we leave pretty easily. the current eventHandler (JSTerm.keyDown) -that fails - is here: http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/HUDService.jsm#4254 Rob: Can you point me to a focus listener I can crib from? Does it use the focusManager in some way?

nothing so complex. See: http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/widget/tests/window_composition_text_querycontent.xul#22 You could add a corresponding onblur event that unmaps the key override. to fit with the way we init the JSTerm object in: http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/HUDService.jsm#3944 I'd try adding: this.inputNode.addEventListener('focus', remapCtrlE, false); this.inputNode.addEventListener('blur', remapCtrlE, false); or similar. Might want to wrap all that in an #ifndef MAC_OS_X block to hide it there since it's unneeded. Or something. :)

This is not a release blocker. Would approve a safe patch.

note: Panorama sets a window listener here: http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/base/content/browser-tabview.js#240 (in _setBrowserKeyHandlers)

Panorama's shortcut was changed to shift+ctrl+E. David, should this be closed invalid now?

bug 634588 made this invalid