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Click Shortcuts only work after click into browser window / page
i use this code to set shortcuts:
historyPreviousButton.addClickListener(e -> actionHistoryPrevious());
historyPreviousButton.setClickShortcut(KeyCode.ARROW_LEFT);
Unfortunately, the keyboard shortcuts only start to work after I click somewhere on the page.
When I call focus() on any button, all shortcuts work, but only once.
My problem is reproducable by the vaadin 6 sampler demo app. Steps to reproduce:
1. open http://demo.vaadin.com/sampler-for-vaadin6#Shortcuts
2. pick the "Shortcuts, scope" example
3. try the short cut " ALT-SHIFT-1 to focus the left panel -> it does not work (for me anyway, firefox and chrome)
4. click anywhere in the browser page -> shortcut starts to work
However, if you navigate to the example via the menu link on the left side, the shortcut works immediately.
I cannot observe the problem in the vaadin 7 sampler demo. Note that i am using vaadin 7, though.
I found a workaround. In my view (which is a Panel), I register for MainUI events in the constructor:
MainUi.registerSubscriber(this)
Then I focus the panel on the PostViewChangeEvent:
@Subscribe
public void eventPostViewChange(final PostViewChangeEvent event)
{
focus();
}
Seems to work so far.
Sounds like https://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/19392, i.e. the shortcuts are registered on the UI div. If the focus is not inside the UI div, no shortcuts are triggered.