42273 - simple text fields get scrollbars, making them unreadable

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[Stephan Niemz]

CVS checkout at Mon Jun 12 21:06:12 UTC 2000

    Simple, one-line text fields get horizontal and vertical scrollbars if
the text doesn't fit in the field. The horizontal scrollbar overlaps the
text, making it unreadable.

    To reproduce, load the above URL in the browser and look at the location
field at the top. Or Type Alt-L (open web location) and paste in that URL.
Or enter some text in a simple <input type=text> field of a <form>, e. g.
on the Bugzilla query page.

Comment 1

[Stephan Niemz]

Attachment: Screen shot showing a messed up location field

Comment 2

[Stephan Niemz]

Attachment: Screenshot showing a messed up "open web location" window

Comment 3

[Stephan Niemz]

Attachment: Screen shot showing a messed up text input in a form

Comment 4

[John Morrison]

Yes, I can see this with today's release build on linux. 

However, this only happens when you use native GTK scrollbars.

Comment 5

[John Morrison]

marking this WONTFIX. The native scrollbars are useful in comparing to the 
GFX scrollbars, but will not be maintained in the longer term. 

Comment 6

[Stephan Niemz]

    I was using the native scrollbars because I thought the mouse wheel
wouldn't work otherwise. Now that I've set

	user_pref("nglayout.widget.gfxscrollbars", true);

    in prefs.js those text fields look fine again, and the mouse wheel does
work. Thanks!

Comment 7

[John Morrison]

Thanks for following up. If your mousewheel does not work in some way with the
GFX scrollbars, then please file a bug on that. Marking verified.