Implemented default focusing of objects in the tab manager, added new egw_getAppName function on js side, which returns the name of the currently active application - this is needed for the keyboard handler to pass the key events to the correct application object manager.

phpgwapi/js/egw_action/egw_action.js

@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@ function egw_getObjectManager(_id, _create) {
 	return res;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the object manager for the current application
+ */
+function egw_getAppObjectManager(_create) {
+	return egw_getObjectManager(egw_getAppName(), _create);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the action manager for the current application
+ */
+function egw_getAppActionManager(_create) {
+	return egw_getActionManager(egw_getAppName(), _create);
+}
+
 
 
 /** egwActionHandler Interface **/
@@ -665,6 +679,10 @@ var EGW_AO_SHIFT_STATE_BLOCK = 0x02;
 // flag is not applied to container objects, it may lead to some strange behaviour.
 var EGW_AO_FLAG_IS_CONTAINER = 0x01;
 
+// If this flag is set, the object will gets its focus when no other object is
+// selected and e.g. a key is pressed.
+var EGW_AO_FLAG_DEFAULT_FOCUS = 0x02;
+
 /**
  * The egwActionObject represents an abstract object to which actions may be
  * applied. Communication with the DOM tree is established by using the
@@ -1189,6 +1207,11 @@ egwActionObject.prototype.getPrevious = function(_intval)
 {
 	if (this.parent != null)
 	{
+		if (this.getFocused() && !this.getSelected()) {
+			return this;
+		}
+
+
 		var idx = this.parent.children.indexOf(this);
 		if (idx > 0)
 		{
@@ -1208,6 +1231,10 @@ egwActionObject.prototype.getNext = function(_intval)
 {
 	if (this.parent != null)
 	{
+		if (this.getFocused() && !this.getSelected()) {
+			return this;
+		}
+
 		var idx = this.parent.children.indexOf(this);
 		if (idx < this.parent.children.length - 1)
 		{

phpgwapi/js/egw_action/egw_grid_data.js

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function egwGridDataElement(_id, _parent, _columns, _readQueue, _objectManager)
 	if (!_parent)
 	{
 		this.actionObject = this.parentActionObject.addObject(_id, null,
-			EGW_AO_FLAG_IS_CONTAINER);
+			EGW_AO_FLAG_IS_CONTAINER | EGW_AO_FLAG_DEFAULT_FOCUS);
 		this.readQueue.setDataRoot(this);
 	}
 

phpgwapi/js/egw_action/egw_grid_view.js

@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ function egwGridViewRow__columnClick(_shiftState, _column)
 			break;
 		case EGW_SELECTMODE_TOGGLE:
 			this.aoi.updateState(EGW_AO_STATE_SELECTED, !isSelected,
-				egwSetBit(EGW_AO_SHIFT_STATE_MULTI, _shiftState, true));
+				egwSetBit(_shiftState, EGW_AO_SHIFT_STATE_MULTI, true));
 			break;
 	}
 }

phpgwapi/js/egw_action/egw_keymanager.js

@@ -119,6 +119,26 @@ function egw_keycode_makeValid(_keyCode) {
 	return -1;
 }
 
+function _egw_nodeIsInInput(_node)
+{
+	if ((_node != null) && (_node != document))
+	{
+		var tagName = _node.tagName.toLowerCase();
+		if (tagName == "input" || tagName == "select")
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return _egw_nodeIsInInput(_node.parentNode);
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Register the onkeypress handler on the document 
  */
@@ -135,6 +155,11 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
 		// Only go on if this is a valid key code - call the key handler
 		if (keyCode != -1)
+		{
+			// Check whether the event came from an input field - if yes, only
+			// allow function keys (like F1) to be captured by our code
+			var inInput = _egw_nodeIsInInput(e.target);
+			if (!inInput || (keyCode >= EGW_KEY_F1 && keyCode <= EGW_KEY_F12))
 			{
 				if (egw_keyHandler(keyCode, e.shiftKey, e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey, e.altKey))
 				{
@@ -143,6 +168,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 					e.preventDefault();
 				}
 			}
+		}
 	});
 });
 
@@ -223,7 +249,36 @@ function egw_keyHandler(_keyCode, _shift, _ctrl, _alt) {
 
 		// Get the object manager and fetch the container of the currently
 		// focused object
-		var focusedObject = egw_getObjectManager().getFocusedObject();
+		var appMgr = egw_getAppObjectManager(false);
+		if (appMgr)
+		{
+			var focusedObject = appMgr.getFocusedObject();
+
+			if (!focusedObject)
+			{
+				// If the current application doesn't have a focused object,
+				// check whether the application object manager contains an object
+				// with the EGW_AO_FLAG_DEFAULT_FOCUS flag set.
+				var cntr = null;
+				for (var i = 0; i < appMgr.children.length; i++)
+				{
+					var child = appMgr.children[i];
+					if (egwBitIsSet(EGW_AO_FLAG_DEFAULT_FOCUS, child.flags))
+					{
+						cntr = child;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+
+				// Get the first child of the found container and focus the first
+				// object
+				if (cntr && cntr.children.length > 0)
+				{
+					cntr.children[0].setFocused(true);
+					focusedObject = cntr.children[0];
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (focusedObject)
 			{
 				var cntr = focusedObject.getContainerRoot();
@@ -232,6 +287,7 @@ function egw_keyHandler(_keyCode, _shift, _ctrl, _alt) {
 					return cntr.handleKeyPress(_keyCode, _shift, _ctrl, _alt);
 				}
 			}
+		}
 
 	}
 

phpgwapi/js/jsapi/jsapi.js

@@ -189,6 +189,21 @@ function egw_getApp(_name)
 	return window.parent.framework.getApplicationByName(_name);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the name of the currently active application
+ */
+function egw_getAppName()
+{
+	if (typeof egw_appName == 'undefined')
+	{
+		return 'egroupware';
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return egw_appName;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Refresh given application _targetapp display of entry _app _id, incl. outputting _msg
  * 

phpgwapi/templates/idots/class.idots_framework.inc.php

@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ class idots_framework extends egw_framework
 			$vars['current_users'] = $vars['quick_add'] = $vars['user_info']='';
 		}
 
+		// add the name of the current application as global js variable - the
+		// name of the current application can be obtained by using the
+		// jsapi egw_getAppName() function
+		$content .= '<script type="tex/javascript">window.egw_appName = "'.
+			$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'].'";</script>'."\n";
+
 		$this->tpl->set_var($vars);
 		$content .= $this->tpl->fp('out','navbar_header');