From 6849bc6c383bfe030d27088c939a4aa6786b83ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Allnutt <m2ys4u@Gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:11:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Instead of stealing focus from the channel/query window on
 click, forward keyboard events to the msg input box and transfer focus
 gracefully.

Fix for Issue #49, where the user is unable to highlight/copy etc text from the window.
---
 client/js/front.js | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/js/front.js b/client/js/front.js
index ce8f869..55bf7a6 100644
--- a/client/js/front.js
+++ b/client/js/front.js
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ kiwi.front = {
                 netssl = $('#kiwi .formconnectwindow .ssl'),
                 netpass = $('#kiwi .formconnectwindow .password'),
                 nick = $('#kiwi .formconnectwindow .nick'),
-                tmp;
+                tmp,
+                forwardKeys;
 
             if (nick.val() === '') {
                 nick.val('Nick please!');
@@ -96,7 +97,16 @@ kiwi.front = {
             }
 
             $('#kiwi .connectwindow').slideUp('', kiwi.front.ui.barsShow);
-            $('#windows').click(function () { $('#kiwi_msginput').focus(); });
+            
+            // Listen for keyboard activity on any window, and forward it to the input box so users can type even if the input box is not in focus
+            forwardKeys = function (event) {
+                $('#kiwi_msginput').focus();
+                $('#kiwi_msginput').trigger(event);
+            };
+            $('#kiwi_msginput').attr('tabindex', 0);
+            $('#kiwi_msginput').focus();
+            $('#windows').attr('tabindex',100);
+            $('#windows').keydown(forwardKeys).keypress(forwardKeys).keyup(forwardKeys);
 
             return false;
         });
-- 
2.25.1