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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
v8::Isolate* isolate,
    content::WebContents* web_contents,
    Type type) {
  
  return mate::CreateHandle(isolate,
                            new WebContents(isolate, web_contents, type));
}
mate::Handle<WebContents> WebContents::Create(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                              const mate::Dictionary& options) {
  return mate::CreateHandle(isolate, new WebContents(isolate, options));
}
}  
}  
namespace {
using atom::api::WebContents;
void Initialize(v8::Local<v8::Object> exports,
                v8::Local<v8::Value> unused,
                v8::Local<v8::Context> context,
                void* priv) {
  v8::Isolate* isolate = context->GetIsolate();
  mate::Dictionary dict(isolate, exports);
  dict.Set("WebContents", WebContents::GetConstructor(isolate)->GetFunction());
  dict.SetMethod("create", &WebContents::Create);
  dict.SetMethod("fromId", &mate::TrackableObject<WebContents>::FromWeakMapID);
  dict.SetMethod("getAllWebContents",
                 &mate::TrackableObject<WebContents>::GetAll);
}
}  
NODE_BUILTIN_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE(atom_browser_web_contents, Initialize)