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…e the webview (wailsapp#3783) Handle MoveFocusRequested so Tab/Shift+Tab off the page hands focus to the native window instead of wrapping inside WebView2, and Tab from the host re-enters the webview. Call MoveFocus(PROGRAMMATIC) on WM_ACTIVATE, since activation restores focus to the WebView child HWND without the host receiving WM_SETFOCUS.
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WalkthroughWindows WebView2 now handles focus movement between the WebView and its host window. It tracks Tab and Shift+Tab handoffs, restores WebView focus in eligible activation and host-focus cases, and adds tests for handoff state and connection closure. ChangesWindows WebView focus handoff
Stream test connection close
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant WebView2
participant Chromium
participant WindowsWindow
WebView2->>Chromium: Raise MoveFocusRequested with focus reason
Chromium->>WindowsWindow: Invoke focus callback
WindowsWindow->>WindowsWindow: Record accepted Tab or Shift+Tab handoff
WindowsWindow->>Chromium: Request focus re-entry on host Tab
Chromium->>WebView2: Move focus in the requested direction
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A rabbit taps Tab with a hop,
WebView and window trade the focus spot.
Shift sends the traveler back,
Ctrl keeps shortcuts on their track.
The rabbit checks the handoff state,
Then hops through focus’s open gate.
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v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go: 1
1880-1894: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueConfirm that
VK_TABre-entry is not blocked by an existing key binding.The new branch returns
0beforeprocessKeyBinding(uint(wparam)). A user-defined Tab key binding will not run whileonHostis true. This is likely intended. Document it in the changelog or code comment if it is.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comments at @v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go:
- Around line 1880-1894: Add a brief code comment at the VK_TAB re-entry branch
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precedence over user-defined Tab key bindings. Leave the existing focus handoff
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Review comments at @v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go:
- Around line 1884-1885: Update the Tab focus re-entry check using tabIn so it
only runs when Ctrl is not pressed, checking Ctrl with GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL).
Preserve the existing Shift handling and focus movement; Ctrl+Tab must continue
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🟡 Minor · Preserve handoff state when MoveFocus fails. · webview_window_windows.go:1880-1897
v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go:1880-1897
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winPreserve handoff state when
MoveFocusfails.
focusHandoff.tabInclears the handoff beforeChromium.MoveFocusruns. If the controller rejects the COM call, the handler still returns0, so Windows consumes Tab while focus remains on the host. ChangeMoveFocusto returnbool, restore the handoff on failure, and continue through the normal keydown path. Existing callers that ignore the new return value remain valid Go statements.Suggested fix
-func (e *Chromium) MoveFocus(reason COREWEBVIEW2_MOVE_FOCUS_REASON) { +func (e *Chromium) MoveFocus(reason COREWEBVIEW2_MOVE_FOCUS_REASON) bool { if !e.IsReady() { - return + return false } if err := e.controller.MoveFocus(reason); err != nil { log.Printf("[WebView2] MoveFocus failed: %v", err) + return false } + return true }} w.focusingChromium = true - w.chromium.MoveFocus(reason) + moved := w.chromium.MoveFocus(reason) w.focusingChromium = false - return 0 + if moved { + return 0 + } + w.focusHandoff.tabOut(!previous, previous) } }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comments at @v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go:
- Around line 1880-1897: Update Chromium.MoveFocus to return whether the
controller call succeeded, returning false when not ready or when the call
fails. In the VK_TAB handler, only consume the key when MoveFocus succeeds; on
failure, restore the handoff with focusHandoff.tabOut using the prior direction
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Restore WebView focus on activation and handle Tab/Shift+Tab handoff between the page and its native host. Clear handoff state when the host loses focus (including mouse re-entry), and retain it while WebView2 is recovering.
Closes #3783 (Wails v3 Windows).
Validation
Tested source:
b30791a25fc9108a812bd814137509ab692365c9.Windows 11 24H2 arm64: helper tests passed; interactive checks passed for forward/reverse Tab out and re-entry, Alt+Tab restoration, title-bar activation, and clicking the page after Tab-out. The native menu remains accessible through its standard keyboard shortcuts. Screenshot and probe source are retained in the VM shared Agent/wails-pr-validation folder.
CodeRabbit reported one focus-recovery issue; the IsReady guard addresses it.
Additional validation: the full macOS Go suite (
go test -timeout 10m ./...) passed locally.Updated with current master. Native validation passed; fresh CI is running for this revision.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Review follow-up
Documented that host-window Tab re-entry takes precedence over custom Tab bindings. Native Windows focus regression tests passed.
CI follow-up: stream-test synchronization
Commit
b08708b69fixes a timing assumption inTestStreamControlStateBoundedWithoutPolling: context cancellation starts closing but does not guarantee connection bookkeeping has completed. The test now joins the idempotentClose()before opening the next connection. Production code is unchanged. Passed 200 repetitions on macOS, 200 on the Ubuntu VM with Go 1.27, and 200 on Ubuntu with Go 1.26.9; the full local stream test subset also passed. CodeRabbit was attempted but its free OSS review limit was exhausted. Fresh CI is pending.Ctrl+Tab review follow-up —
6a81dec22Preserve Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab key bindings while focus is handed to the host. Modified Tab leaves the handoff intact; ordinary Tab still re-enters the WebView.
Validation: focus handoff tests passed 100 repetitions on macOS and native Windows. Live Windows GUI confirmed both custom shortcut callbacks executed while host focus was retained, then ordinary Tab restored the first input. Fresh CI is pending. CodeRabbit CLI review was attempted but rate limited; Ripwire reported existing WndProc churn/size and the new test as unreferenced.