tomrock wrote:Will this always be true? Is this something that can be fixed?
Unfortunately, we do not have any influence over this. It is fully in the hands of Adobe, and the restrictions they put into the Flash Player.
Recently, with the release of the Flash player 10, there was an improvement in fullscreen mode - It now supports the arrow keys for navigation -
Adobe wrote:Currently, Adobe Flash Player does not allow keyboard input when displaying content in full-screen mode. Flash Player 10 changes this, allowing for a limited number of keys to be usable in full-screen mode. These include Tab, the Space bar, and the (up, down, left, right) arrow keys.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewCon ... d=kb405548
However, it still does not support keys for being able to fill any forms in fullscreen mode:
Adobe wrote:Users cannot enter text in text input fields while in full-screen mode. All keyboard input and key-related ActionScript is disabled while in full-screen mode, with the exception of the keyboard shortcuts that take the viewer out of full-screen mode.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer ... _mode.html