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## The basics - [x] I [validated my changes](https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/contribute/core#making_and_verifying_a_change) ## The details ### Resolves Fixes https://github.com/google/blockly-keyboard-experimentation/issues/87 ### Proposed Changes This updates `FocusManager.focusNode()` to automatically defocus its internal state if it detects that DOM focus (per `document.activeElement`) doesn't match its own internal focus. It also updates `FocusManager` to avoid duplicate self calls to `focusNode()`. ### Reason for Changes This is a robustness improvement for `focusNode` that is nice to keep as a "if all else fails" mechanism, but it's currently a hacky workaround to https://github.com/google/blockly-keyboard-experimentation/issues/87. #9081 is tracking introducing a long-term fix for the desynchronizing problem, but that's likely to be potentially much harder to solve and this at least introduces a reasonable correction. From a stability perspective, it seems likely that there are multiple classes of failures covered by this fix. Essentially the browser behavior difference in Firefox and Safari over Chrome is that the former do not fire a focus change event when a focused element is removed from the DOM (leading to `FocusManager` getting out of sync). There may be other such cases when a focus event isn't fired, so this robustness improvement at least ensures eventual consistency so long as `focusNode()` is called (and, fortunately, that's done a lot now). While this is a nice robustness improvement, it's not a perfect replacement for a real fix. For the time between `FocusManager` getting out of sync and `focusNode` getting called, `getFocusedNode` will _not_ match the actual element holding focus. The primary class of issues known is when a DOM element is being moved, and in these cases `focusNode` _is_ called. If there are other such unknown cases where a desync can happen, **`getFocusedNode()` will remain wrong until a later `focusNode()` call**. Note one other change: originally implemented but removed in earlier PRs for `FocusManager`, this change also includes ensuring `focusNode()` isn't called multiple times for a single request to focus a node. Current logic results in a call to `focusNode()` calling a node's `focus()` which then processes a second call to `focusNode()` (which is fully executed because `FocusManager.focusedNode` isn't updated until after the call to `focus()`). This doesn't actually correct any state, but it's more efficient and provides some resilience against potential logic issues from calling node/tree callbacks multiple times (which was observed up to 3 times in some cases). ### Test Coverage This has been tested via the keyboard navigation experimental plugin's test environment (with Firefox), plus new unit tests. Note the new test for directly verifying desyncing logic is contrived, but it should be perfectly testing the exact scenario that's being observed on Firefox/Safari. A separate test was added for the existing behavior of focusing a different node still correcting `FocusManager` state even if it was desynced (the bug only happens for the same node being refocused). New tests were also added for the various lifecycle callbacks (to ensure they aren't called multiple times). All of the new tests were verified to fail without the two fixes in place (they were verified in isolation), minus the test for focusing a second node when desynced (since that should pass regardless of the new fixes). Some basic simple playground testing was done, as well, just to verify nothing obvious was broken around selection, gestures, and copy/paste. ### Documentation No new documentation should be needed here. ### Additional Information This wasn't explicitly tested in Safari since I only have access to Chrome and Firefox, but I will ask someone else on the team to verify this for me after merging if it isn't checked sooner.
Blockly
Google's Blockly is a library that adds a visual code editor to web and mobile apps. The Blockly editor uses interlocking, graphical blocks to represent code concepts like variables, logical expressions, loops, and more. It allows users to apply programming principles without having to worry about syntax or the intimidation of a blinking cursor on the command line. All code is free and open source.
Getting Started with Blockly
Blockly has many resources for learning how to use the library. Start at our Google Developers Site to read the documentation on how to get started, configure Blockly, and integrate it into your application. The developers site also contains links to:
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Installing Blockly
Blockly is available on npm.
npm install blockly
For more information on installing and using Blockly, see the Getting Started article.
Getting Help
- Report a bug or file a feature request on GitHub
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blockly-samples
We have a number of resources such as example code, demos, and plugins in another repository called blockly-samples. A plugin is a self-contained piece of code that adds functionality to Blockly. Plugins can add fields, define themes, create renderers, and much more. For more information, see the Plugins documentation.
Contributing to Blockly
Want to make Blockly better? We welcome contributions to Blockly in the form of pull requests, bug reports, documentation, answers on the forum, and more! Check out our Contributing Guidelines for more information. You might also want to look for issues tagged "Help Wanted" which are issues we think would be great for external contributors to help with.
Releases
We release by pushing the latest code to the master branch, followed by updating the npm package, our docs, and demo pages. If there are breaking bugs, such as a crash when performing a standard action or a rendering issue that makes Blockly unusable, we will cherry-pick fixes to master between releases to fix them. The releases page has a list of all releases.
We use semantic versioning. Releases that have breaking changes or are otherwise not backwards compatible will have a new major version. Patch versions are reserved for bug-fix patches between scheduled releases.
We now have a beta release on npm. If you'd like to test the upcoming release, or try out a not-yet-released new API, you can use the beta channel with:
npm install blockly@beta
As it is a beta channel, it may be less stable, and the APIs there are subject to change.
Branches
There are two main branches for Blockly.
master - This is the (mostly) stable current release of Blockly.
develop - This is where most of our work happens. Pull requests should always be made against develop. This branch will generally be usable, but may be less stable than the master branch. Once something is in develop we expect it to merge to master in the next release.
other branches: - Larger changes may have their own branches until they are good enough for people to try out. These will be developed separately until we think they are almost ready for release. These branches typically get merged into develop immediately after a release to allow extra time for testing.
New APIs
Once a new API is merged into master it is considered beta until the following release. We generally try to avoid changing an API after it has been merged to master, but sometimes we need to make changes after seeing how an API is used. If an API has been around for at least two releases we'll do our best to avoid breaking it.
Unreleased APIs may change radically. Anything that is in develop but not master is subject to change without warning.
Issues and Milestones
We typically triage all bugs within 1 week, which includes adding any appropriate labels and assigning it to a milestone. Please keep in mind, we are a small team so even feature requests that everyone agrees on may not be prioritized.
Good to Know
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