149054 2015-09-10 18:32:40 -0700 keydown event doesn't fire on iOS when arrow keys pressed on external keyboard 2019-06-05 09:45:30 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit UI Events Safari 9 iPhone / iPad iOS 8.4 RESOLVED MOVED InRadar P2 Normal --- 190571 1 steve webkit-unassigned anamh ap bfulgham bjonesbe cdumez dbates ejosue.15 enrica ericjrabil frolvlad jo jonlee ken.rimple mail.vince mail maxjerin mitz pirijan sam thorton webkit-bug-importer wenson_hsieh oldest_to_newest 1125115 0 260981 steve 2015-09-10 18:32:40 -0700 Created attachment 260981 Repro.html Steps to Reproduce: 1. Connect an external keyboard to an iPad Simulator: Hardware > Keyboard > Connect Hardware Keyboard 2. Open attached file in Safari on an iPad Simulator 3. Tap into the editable region 4. Press the arrow keys on the keyboard 5. Notice the keydown event doesn't fire These instructions are specific to the iOS simulator, but I assume the same steps apply when connecting a physical keyboard to a real iPad? 1125214 1 bjonesbe 2015-09-11 10:36:25 -0700 I have confirmed that real hardware (iPad Air 2, bluetooth keyboard) exhibits the same behavior on iOS 8.4.1. 1125221 2 webkit-bug-importer 2015-09-11 10:58:34 -0700 <rdar://problem/22663985> 1164883 3 mail.vince 2016-02-15 13:56:34 -0800 I can confirm that this is still an issue on an iPad Mini FE276LL/A running iOS 9.2 (13C75), with a previous generation bluetooth Apple Wireless Keyboard. More specifically, if NO control has focus, no keydown and no keyup events fire at all. However, if a control DOES has focus, keydown and keyup events do fire, but the keyIdentifier is "Unidentified", and keyCode is 0 (the target is correct, however). This makes it impossible to develop a web app that responds correctly to navigation using a bluetooth keyboard on iOS. 1201229 4 ken.rimple 2016-06-10 06:50:29 -0700 Would be a huge benefit to the iPad community if arrow key events fired. That explains the lack of support by sites like Cloud9, plnkr, etc... I do a lot of web development in those IDEs to teach people and to brainstorm when I'm not at my computer so it would be awesome if the team got this in and it made its way to IOS. 1220138 5 pirijan 2016-08-15 13:45:54 -0700 (In reply to comment #4) > Would be a huge benefit to the iPad community if arrow key events fired. > That explains the lack of support by sites like Cloud9, plnkr, etc... I do > a lot of web development in those IDEs to teach people and to brainstorm > when I'm not at my computer so it would be awesome if the team got this in > and it made its way to IOS. +1 1394912 6 mail 2018-01-30 22:32:46 -0800 Workaround is possible: - make sure some element has focus (so that key events do fire) - event.keyCode will be 0 (which is non-desirable) - however, event.key will have a value "UIKeyInputUpArrow", "UIKeyInputDownArrow", "UIKeyInputLeftArrow" or "UIKeyInputRightArrow" I have confirmed this to work on iPad (in combination with hardware keyboard, type cover and bluetooth magic keyboard). 1423135 7 anamh 2018-05-11 07:51:20 -0700 After rereading the last comment - I have realised it was not a JavaScript workaround. Verified with iPad mini 2 running iOS 11.3.1 In addition to the arrow keys - the modifier (CTRL, CMD, ALT, SHIFT) keys are not detected also. So things like going to the beginning of the line or starting a selection is not possible to detect. It would be nice to add the modifier keys along with the cursor key events and if possible as their own distinct key press events. Please make this into webKit for iOS. 1456357 8 ejosue.15 2018-09-04 10:22:21 -0700 Was this ever reviewed? 1456699 9 ejosue.15 2018-09-05 07:44:53 -0700 I just tested in ios 11.4.1 and keydown, keyup, input, don't get triggered by the arrows. 1456702 10 ejosue.15 2018-09-05 07:47:18 -0700 Also, keypress. 1456710 11 ejosue.15 2018-09-05 08:20:41 -0700 If you press enter, in the keyup event, keycode comes as 0, and the originalEvent object has code: "Unidentified". It comes okay during a keydown event. 1471131 12 jo 2018-10-21 01:24:40 -0700 Yes still the same behaviour. It is the main blocker for online IDE and code editor services like codesandbox.io, repl.it. Particularily Monaco the editor component of Visual Studio code does not work on the iPad because of this. 1480560 13 ericjrabil 2018-11-20 12:08:41 -0800 Has there been any update on this issue? No updates from the team in three years on such a glaring oversight is quite disturbing. 1480566 14 dbates 2018-11-20 12:42:42 -0800 (In reply to Eric Rabil from comment #13) > Has there been any update on this issue? No updates from the team in three > years on such a glaring oversight is quite disturbing. This needs to be fixed in UIKit. 1481551 15 thorton 2018-11-26 09:48:27 -0800 Not a WebKit bug; please file a duplicate at bugreport.apple.com if you want to track this (but it's already tracked by <rdar://problem/22663985> as mentioned above). 1487104 16 dbates 2018-12-11 19:50:18 -0800 (In reply to Tim Horton from comment #15) > Not a WebKit bug; please file a duplicate at bugreport.apple.com if you want > to track this (but it's already tracked by <rdar://problem/22663985> as > mentioned above). For completeness, the UIKit bug was fixed in <rdar://problem/44929845>. 1490385 17 ericjrabil 2018-12-21 10:15:15 -0800 (In reply to Daniel Bates from comment #16) > (In reply to Tim Horton from comment #15) > > Not a WebKit bug; please file a duplicate at bugreport.apple.com if you want > > to track this (but it's already tracked by <rdar://problem/22663985> as > > mentioned above). > > For completeness, the UIKit bug was fixed in <rdar://problem/44929845>. I am now able to detect the arrow events in most elements (12.1.3b2), however <textarea> among a few other input elements still do not fire arrow events as expected. 1521647 18 frolvlad 2019-03-27 01:34:40 -0700 The issue is still present in iOS 12.2 https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor/issues/293 1521690 19 cdumez 2019-03-27 08:43:45 -0700 (In reply to Vlad Frolov from comment #18) > The issue is still present in iOS 12.2 > https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor/issues/293 This is correct, the fix did not ship in iOS 12.2. We cannot comment on when a particular fix will ship to customers. 1542025 20 bfulgham 2019-06-05 09:40:59 -0700 (In reply to Chris Dumez from comment #19) > (In reply to Vlad Frolov from comment #18) > > The issue is still present in iOS 12.2 > > https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor/issues/293 > > This is correct, the fix did not ship in iOS 12.2. We cannot comment on when > a particular fix will ship to customers. We do believe that this issue is fixed in the iOS 13 developer seed. Please do try on that platform and let us know if it resolves the issue. 1542029 21 ericjrabil 2019-06-05 09:45:30 -0700 (In reply to Brent Fulgham from comment #20) > > We do believe that this issue is fixed in the iOS 13 developer seed. Please > do try on that platform and let us know if it resolves the issue. My iPad Pro 2nd Gen on iOS 13b1 has functioning arrow keys on Monaco editors that previously did not work :) 260981 2015-09-10 18:32:40 -0700 2015-09-10 18:32:40 -0700 Repro.html arrowKeysOnKeyDown.html text/html 1112 steve PGh0bWw+CjxoZWFkPgo8c3R5bGU+CglwI2lucHV0IHsKCQliYWNrZ3JvdW5kLWNvbG9yOiByZ2Jh KDI1NSwwLDAsMC41KTsKCQlmb250LXNpemU6IDNyZW07Cgl9Cjwvc3R5bGU+CjwvaGVhZD4KPGJv ZHk+Cgo8aDE+aU9TOiA8Y29kZT5rZXlkb3duPC9jb2RlPiBldmVudCBkb2Vzbid0IGZpcmUgd2hl biBhcnJvdyBrZXlzIHByZXNzZWQgb24gZXh0ZXJuYWwga2V5Ym9hcmQ8L2gxPgoKPGgyPlN0ZXBz IHRvIFJlcHJvZHVjZTo8L2gyPgoKPG9sPgo8bGk+Q29ubmVjdCBhbiBleHRlcm5hbCBrZXlib2Fy ZCB0byBhbiBpUGFkIFNpbXVsYXRvcjogSGFyZHdhcmUgPiBLZXlib2FyZCA+IENvbm5lY3QgSGFy ZHdhcmUgS2V5Ym9hcmQ8L2xpPgo8bGk+T3BlbiB0aGlzIGZpbGUgaW4gU2FmYXJpIG9uIGFuIGlQ YWQgU2ltdWxhdG9yPC9saT4KPGxpPlRhcCBpbnRvIHRoZSBlZGl0YWJsZSByZWdpb248L2xpPgo8 bGk+UHJlc3MgdGhlIGFycm93IGtleXMgb24gdGhlIGtleWJvYXJkPC9saT4KPGxpPk5vdGljZSB0 aGUgPGNvZGU+a2V5ZG93bjwvY29kZT4gZXZlbnQgZG9lc24ndCBmaXJlPC9saT4KPC9vbD4KCjxw PjxlbT5UaGVzZSBpbnN0cnVjdGlvbnMgYXJlIHNwZWNpZmljIHRvIHRoZSBpT1Mgc2ltdWxhdG9y LCBidXQgSSBhc3N1bWUgdGhlIHNhbWUgc3RlcHMgYXBwbHkgd2hlbiBjb25uZWN0aW5nIGEgcGh5 c2ljYWwga2V5Ym9hcmQgdG8gYSByZWFsIGlQYWQ/PC9lbT48L3A+Cgo8cCBpZD0iaW5wdXQiIGNv bnRlbnRlZGl0YWJsZT0idHJ1ZSI+ClByZXNzIGFycm93IGtleXMgaW4gdGhpcyBlZGl0YWJsZSBy ZWdpb24uCjwvcD4KCjxkaXYgaWQ9Im91dHB1dCI+T3V0cHV0PC9kaXY+Cgo8c2NyaXB0Pgp2YXIg aW5wdXQgPSBkb2N1bWVudC5nZXRFbGVtZW50QnlJZCggJ2lucHV0JyApOwp2YXIgb3V0cHV0ID0g ZG9jdW1lbnQuZ2V0RWxlbWVudEJ5SWQoICdvdXRwdXQnICk7CgppbnB1dC5hZGRFdmVudExpc3Rl bmVyKCAna2V5ZG93bicsIGZ1bmN0aW9uKCBlICl7Cgl2YXIgc3RyID0gJ2tleWRvd24gJyArIGUu a2V5Q29kZTsKCgljb25zb2xlLmxvZyggc3RyICk7CglvdXRwdXQuaW5uZXJIVE1MID0gc3RyOwp9 KTsKPC9zY3JpcHQ+Cgo8L2JvZHk+CjwvaHRtbD4=