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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#24832: KMail key bindings interfere with mailed HTML form input
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <ingo.kloecker () epost ! de>
Date:       2001-04-28 23:09:47
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On Friday, 27. April 2001 22:11, Forest Wilkinson wrote:
> I tend to agree that HTML forms shouldn't be sent via email. 
> However, KMail is accepting them, putting a rendered form on in its
> UI, and allowing user input in the text fields of the form.  If KMail
> is going to go that far, it had better sort out its keyboard
> handling, so that it's (at least) consistent.
>
> If KMail shows me a form, and allows me to start typing into the text
> fields within, it shouldn't start doing something else part way
> through my typing. Either support form text entry, or prevent it, but
> don't trick the user into thinking he can type "good software" into
> the form, only to delete the message out from under him when he
> reaches the letter 'd'.

I agree with Forest. All widgets (like text fields, submit buttons 
etc.) in a HTML mail should be disabled so that it's not possible to 
type in anything or to click on any button.
I suppose an "enableFormWidgets" has to be added to khtml (similar to 
enableMetaRefresh).

Regards,
Ingo
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