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# Description

* Electron version: 1.8.4
* Operating system: Windows 10

Calling `webContents.sendInputEvent` with type as `"char"` to a document containing a webview is rendered offscreen and an input panel is focused

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# Expected result

Keyboard input should be placed into the input panel

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# Actual result

Electron crashes

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# Repro steps

[I have a repo set up that will demonstrate the issue.](https://github.com/ImOnALampshade/electron-webview-char-crash) Clone that to see. Read the readme in that for more information.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/ImOnALampshade/electron-webview-char-crash.git
npm install
npm start
```
atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
content::WebContents* web_contents,
                         Type type)
    : content::WebContentsObserver(web_contents), type_(type) {
  const mate::Dictionary options = mate::Dictionary::CreateEmpty(isolate);
  if (type == REMOTE) {
    web_contents->SetUserAgentOverride(GetBrowserContext()->GetUserAgent());
    Init(isolate);
    AttachAsUserData(web_contents);
    InitZoomController(web_contents, options);
  } else {
    auto session = Session::CreateFrom(isolate, GetBrowserContext());
    session_.Reset(isolate, session.ToV8());
    InitWithSessionAndOptions(isolate, web_contents, session, options);
  }
}
WebContents::WebContents(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                         const mate::Dictionary& options) {
  
  options.Get("backgroundThrottling", &background_throttling_);
  
  
  
  
  
  bool b = false;
  if (options.Get("isGuest", &b) && b)
    type_ = WEB_VIEW;
  else if (options.Get("isBackgroundPage", &b) && b)
    type_ = BACKGROUND_PAGE;
  else if (options.Get("isBrowserView", &b) && b)