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WebKit: background Command-V, and Safari page fields missing from Accessibility #5
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Focus, clicking, desktop_type and desktop_insert now work in WebKit composers, including Ace's (#82, #68, #88, and ace2 #120, #131 and #141). Two things are still unknown.
1. Background Command-V into a web app that isn't frontmost. A background desktop_key Command-V into a focused WKWebView composer didn't land. Text has a working route through desktop_insert. An image or file paste into the composer doesn't. Before any patch, answer these with Safari in the background and a textarea focused:
- Is Edit › Paste
AXEnabled, both with and without the host's background key-window preparation? - Does an Accessibility press of Edit › Paste paste into the textarea?
- Must the textarea have
AXFocusedfirst?
The answers decide between a menu-press route, a foreground fallback, and a clear refusal.
2. Safari page fields missing from the Accessibility tree. In the Oct 15 study (D6), a local Safari page's <input>, <textarea> and contenteditable weren't in desktop_inspect, so the agent had to click coordinates. Chrome and Electron are handled by #107. For Safari, the cause isn't known: WebKit might load its accessibility lazily, or the 200-element inspect cap might cut the tree short. Reproduce it, then fix it or document the workaround.
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feat: turn on Chromium and Electron web accessibility before inspect …
feat: turn on Chromium and Electron web accessibility before inspect …
[-]Focus and paste into WebKit composers with native desktop tools[/-][+]WebKit: background Command-V, and Safari page fields missing from Accessibility[/+]