[Laszlo-dev] Need input on [#LPP-8378] lzedittext doesn't fire onvalue events in dhtml unless mouse is over the textfield - OpenLaszlo Jira

[Max Carlson]

I think that's right - before, when __hide was called the inputtext 
changed location in the DOM and physically couldn't send keyboard events 
- because focus would have been lost.

P T Withington wrote:
>> This is because when you mouse out of an inputtext element, the 
>> internal __hide method is called, and when the element is hidden it 
>> ignores most events. This seems broken to me, but I need some input 
>> from the designer as to what __hide and __show are really trying to 
>> accomplish. If the inputtext element still has keyboard focus, I would 
>> think you would want to still handle keyboard events.
> 
> [[#LPP-8378] lzedittext doesn't fire onvalue events in dhtml unless 
> mouse is over the textfield - OpenLaszlo 
> Jira](http://jira.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-8378)

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Regards,
Max Carlson
OpenLaszlo.org