Closed Bug 24072 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

Composer mnemonics are placing letters in the message

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect, P4)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Composition
Platform:
All
Windows NT
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: nbaca, Assigned: hyatt)

Details

(Whiteboard: [PDT+])

Build 2000011211M13: NT4 Build 2000011212M13: Linux 6.0 Overview: Use any of the mnemonics in a Composer message and the action is performed but it also places the character in the message. Steps to reproduce: 1. In the 3-pane select the New Message button. 2. Click on the View menu 3. Type "t" to access the Toolbar item. Notice that a "t" appears in the message. 4. Type "m" to "Show Message Toolbar". Notice that a "m" appears in the message. Actual Results: Everytime a mnemonic is selected then the correct action occurs but it also places the letter typed into the Address, Subject or body of the message depending on where the cursor is active. This problem makes it difficult to check the mnemonics under the Format menu! If a word is highlighted and I use a mnemonic to change its attribute, such as bold, then the word highlighted is deleted and is replaced with the letter "b". Data loss. Expected Results: Using a mnemonic should just perform the action, not type extra characters.
QA Contact: lchiang → nbaca
Accepting
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: M14
Nominate as beta1 stopper
Keywords: beta1
PDT+
Whiteboard: [PDT+]
It's a generic problem with menu, nothing to do in particular with message compose. Reassign to trudelle
Assignee: ducarroz → trudelle
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
reassigning to saari
Assignee: trudelle → saari
Oh Hyatt... this smells like the switch over to a bubbler instead of capturer for the keyboard accelerators.
Assignee: saari → hyatt
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Setting priority to P4, relative to hyatt's other open PDT+ bugs
Priority: P3 → P4
Disabling Composer menu items that are not working is covered with Bug# 25137. If this problem is unlikely to be fixed for beta1 then a workaround is to disable the mnemonics. Is this what should be recommended in bug# 25137?
Fix checked in. Mnemonics should now eat an event so thoroughly that not even God can see it.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Build 2000-02-14-16M14: NT4 Verified Fixed. Great! Note: Since mnemonics have been removed on Linux for Beta1, this is not an issue on Linux.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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