Attempt to buffer keyboard events until command line is opened

src/commandline_frame.ts

@@ -162,9 +162,42 @@ const noblur = () => setTimeout(() => commandline_state.clInput.focus(), 0)
 
 /** @hidden **/
 export function focus() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        logger.info("Called focus() after 2000ms")
+        Messaging.messageOwnTab("clInputFocused", "unused")
         commandline_state.clInput.focus()
         commandline_state.clInput.removeEventListener("blur", noblur)
         commandline_state.clInput.addEventListener("blur", noblur)
+        if (buffer.length !== 0) {
+            logger.info("Dispatching " + JSON.stringify(buffer));
+            buffer.forEach(e => processKeyboardEvent(e))
+            buffer.splice(-1)
+        }
+    }, 2000)
+}
+
+let buffer: KeyboardEvent[] = []
+export function bufferUntil([   code,
+                                key,
+                                altKey,
+                                ctrlKey,
+                                metaKey,
+                                shiftKey]) {
+    const keyevent = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {
+        code: code,
+        key: key,
+        altKey: altKey,
+        ctrlKey: ctrlKey,
+        metaKey: metaKey,
+        shiftKey: shiftKey,
+    })
+    logger.info("Received keyboardEvent for buffering", keyevent)
+    if (window.document.activeElement === commandline_state.clInput) {
+        processKeyboardEvent(keyevent)
+    }
+    else {
+        buffer.push(keyevent);
+    }
 }
 
 /** @hidden **/
@@ -182,12 +215,19 @@ let prev_cmd_called_history = false
 // Save programmer time by generating an immediately resolved promise
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
 const QUEUE: Promise<any>[] = [(async () => {})()]
+logger.info("Setting event listeners of commandline_state.clInput")
 
 /** @hidden **/
 commandline_state.clInput.addEventListener(
     "keydown",
     function (keyevent: KeyboardEvent) {
         if (!keyevent.isTrusted) return
+        processKeyboardEvent(keyevent);
+    },
+    true,
+)
+
+function processKeyboardEvent(keyevent: KeyboardEvent) {
     commandline_state.keyEvents.push(minimalKeyFromKeyboardEvent(keyevent))
     const response = keyParser(commandline_state.keyEvents)
     if (response.isMatch) {
@@ -240,9 +280,7 @@ commandline_state.clInput.addEventListener(
     } else {
         commandline_state.keyEvents = response.keys
     }
-    },
+}
-    true,
-)
 
 export function refresh_completions(exstr) {
     if (!commandline_state.activeCompletions) enableCompletions()

src/content/commandline_content.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export function show(hidehover = false) {
          *
          * Inspired by VVimpulation: https://github.com/amedama41/vvimpulation/commit/53065d015d1e9a892496619b51be83771f57b3d5
          */
-
+        logger.info("Called show()")
         if (hidehover) {
             const a = window.document.createElement("A")
             ;(a as any).href = ""
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export function hide() {
 
 export function focus() {
     try {
-        cmdline_iframe.focus()
+        // cmdline_iframe.focus()
     } catch (e) {
         // Note: We can't use cmdline_logger.error because it will try to log
         // the error in the commandline, which will need to focus() it again,

src/content/controller_content.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import * as hinting from "@src/content/hinting"
 import * as gobblemode from "@src/parsers/gobblemode"
 import * as generic from "@src/parsers/genericmode"
 import * as nmode from "@src/parsers/nmode"
+import * as Messaging from "@src/lib/messaging";
 
 const logger = new Logger("controller")
 
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@ function* ParserController() {
 
                 if (response.exstr) {
                     exstr = response.exstr
+                    if (exstr.startsWith("fillcmdline ")) {
+                        logger.info("Setting bufferUntilClInputFocused to true")
+                        bufferUntilClInputFocused = true
+                    }
                     break
                 } else {
                     keyEvents = response.keys
@@ -211,11 +216,30 @@ function* ParserController() {
         }
     }
 }
-
+Messaging.addListener("clInputFocused", () => {
+    logger.info("Callback clInputFocused")
+    bufferUntilClInputFocused = false
+})
+let bufferUntilClInputFocused: boolean = false
 export const generator = ParserController() // var rather than let stops weirdness in repl.
 generator.next()
 
 /** Feed keys to the ParserController */
 export function acceptKey(keyevent: KeyboardEvent) {
+    logger.info("bufferUntilClInputFocused = " + bufferUntilClInputFocused)
+    if (bufferUntilClInputFocused) {
+        logger.info("Sending keyboardEvent for buffering " + keyevent.key)
+        Messaging.messageOwnTab("commandline_frame", "bufferUntil",
+            [keyevent.code,
+                keyevent.key,
+                keyevent.altKey,
+                keyevent.ctrlKey,
+                keyevent.metaKey,
+                keyevent.shiftKey]
+        );
+        keyevent.preventDefault()
+        keyevent.stopImmediatePropagation()
+        canceller.push(keyevent)
+    } else
         return generator.next(keyevent)
 }

src/lib/messaging.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export type TabMessageType =
     | "lock"
     | "alive"
     | "tab_changes"
+    | "clInputFocused"
 
 export type NonTabMessageType =
     | "owntab_background"