63376 - |value| is null for textfields

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Blake Ross]

Build ID: 12/20 trunk (tip) and 20000121920

Steps to Reproduce:

(1) Type an address in the URL bar.
(2) Press enter.

--or--

(1) Open the `Open Web Location' dialog (Ctrl+L or File | Open Web Location...')
(2) Type in an address.
(3) Press enter or `Open'.

Result: nothing happens.

Comment 1

[Blake Ross]

Not Ben's, but I'm not sure whose...

Comment 2

[Blake Ross]

*** Bug 63377 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

OK, what's actually causing this and bug 63379 is that (textfield).value is 
returning null.  So the url bar doesn't work because there's supposedly nothing 
in it, buttons aren't enabling because there's supposedly nothing in the 
associated textfields, and so forth.  Didn't we have a similar problem recently?

Comment 4

[Blake Ross]

*** Bug 63379 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Mike Jaques]

seems to also be affecting any data entry field, even a form field

Comment 6

[cls]

Just in case anyone is looking at this, I've narrowed the field down to that
second cloud of red between 4:30pm & 8pm PST . 

Comment 7

[cls]

After backing out cmanske's checkins (in my local tree) between 5:30 & 7:30, the
urlbar is useful again.  Reassigning to cmanske.

Comment 8

[Daniel (Leaf) Nunes]

I'll try contacting charlie this morning, but will backout before 8 am pacific
time if i can't. thanks for tracking this, cls.

Comment 9

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

text fileds are now working fine with the latest commercial linux build 
2000-12-20-08-Mtrunk

Comment 10

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 63404 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

this works fine on windows commercial build 2000-12-20-09-Mtrunk

marking fixed

Comment 12

[Blake Ross]

*** Bug 63409 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[Daniel (Leaf) Nunes]

note that this was fixed by backing out; charlie and kin need to go over the
code and figure out what happened before recommitting.

Comment 14

[kinmoz]

FYI, the real fix for this problem was to modify 
nsTypedSelection::addTableCellRange() to not return an error when there is no 
mFrameSelection. cmanske will be rechecking in his changes with this one change.

Comment 15

[kinmoz]

Adding myself to the Cc list.

Comment 16

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

vrfy'd fixed using comm verif bits:

2000.12.20.09, winNT
2000.12.20.08, linux rh 6.2
2000.12.20.10, mac os 9.0

Comment 17

[Charles Manske]

Reopening so the real fix can be verified.

Comment 18

[Charles Manske]

The real fix has been checked in.

Comment 19

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 63488 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 20

[Eric Hodel]

*** Bug 63397 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 21

[Eric Hodel]

*** Bug 63398 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 22

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

vrfy [still/no regressions] fixed using

linux rh 6.2 2000.12.21.08
winnt 2000.12.21.09
mac os 9.0 2000.12.21.04