136679 - Inconsistent Cursor Behavior Makes Text Hard to Read

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 98564

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect)

Description

[Daniel E. Markle]

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.0 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20020308
BuildID:    2002031115

When composing text, the cursor is right up against the right side of the text
characters, making the characters hard to read.  However, if you hit enter then
press backspace, the cursor is put in the correct position 1 pixel farther to
the right of the character, until you begin to type again at the end of a line,
at which time the cursor once again runs right up against the text making the
last character hard to read.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type a short line of 'O's in the message area.  Take note of the spacing
between the cursor and the last character typed.
2. Hit left-arrow.  Note the different spacing between the right side of the 'O'
to the left of the cursor than when the cursor is placed at the end of the line
using the right arrow key.
3. At the end of the line, hit enter, then backspace.  Note the cursor is now
correctly placed.
4. Type another O.  Note the cursor once again moves one pixel to the left in
relation to the character, making it hard to read again.

Actual Results:  The cursor is not positioned correctly on a consistent basis.

Expected Results:  The cursor should be placed in the correct position
consistently instead of only sometimes.

I am able to reproduce this bug in other Mozilla components as well, however it
is most noticeable in Mail and causes my users to misspell words when writing
text.  I can also reproduce this bug using the windows version of Mozilla, as
well as (dare I mention it) Netscape 6 on both platforms.

Comment 1

[Kathleen :Brade]

This is a duplicate of a bug... don't know the bug # offhand tho

-->selection

Comment 2

[mjudge]

yes the frame not wide enough bug. i will find it.

Comment 3

[Robert Parenton]

This still exists in 1.4a.  It is very noticible while typing in the textarea on
http://forums.etree.org/posting.php?mode=newtopic&f=9 .  I am willing to help
test any proposed patches as this is becoming annoying.

Robert

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030407 Phoenix/0.5+

Comment 4

[Robert Parenton]

This also exists in the Find dialog box, so it probably is located in some code
that is used for many components.

Comment 5

[Alan Switzer]

This is a duplicate of bug number http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211635

Comment 6

[Kathleen :Brade]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 98564 ***

Comment 7

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

verified.