238629 - Cursor overlaps last character in text input boxes (eg. Address bar and text boxes such as this one)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 98564

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Description

[Frank Piringer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8

As text is being entered, the cursor overlaps the last character entered.  This
makes it difficult to judge what the last letter typed was if it is similar to
another (eg. L vs I vs F, as the right side of the letter is blocked).  I would
suggest moving the cursor to the next text position, rather than waiting until
the next character is entered before moving it.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Firefox
2.Click on Toolbar
3.Type in a URL

Actual Results:  
The last letter in the URL is covered by the cursor, making it difficult to
distinguish.

Expected Results:  
Moved the cursor to the next position, or at least moved off the last character.

This happens in multiple themes with different fonts.  There is no option to
move the cursor off of the last letter.

Comment 1

[José Jeria]

Sounds like dupe of bug 98564

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

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

Comment 3

[stan]

Very frustrating that the cursor overlays the last character ... it is like
typing with my eyes closed.

Comment 4

[stan]

Sorry for the duplicate post.  I did not realize that my comment would add to
the bug dialog.

The cursor issue in Firefox 0.9 reads identical to the discussion of duplicate
bug 98564:

when typing L looks like I and it's difficult to distinguish what letters have
been typed in all text boxes.

Maybe the correction applied to Mozilla can be applied to FF 0.9.