Articles by Shiqi Gao
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Keyboard events in Firefox OS TV: Part 2
Implementation details for keyboard events In our introductory post, Keyboard events in Firefox OS TV, we described four keyboard event scenarios triggered by the Info key on a Smart TV remote: SYSTEM-ONLY, SYSTEM-FIRST, APP-CANCELLED, AND APP-FIRST. We explained how these keyboard events are activated, described the default sequence of events, and explored the iframe structure […]
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Keyboard events in Firefox OS TV
Getting started The behavior of input events via hardware keys in Firefox OS varies widely from app to app. Early smartphones came with a limited number of keys — Power, Home, Volume up, Volume down — so it was easy for the software to determine an appropriate response for each keypress event. However, Smart TV […]
