91867 - Linux kinput2 over-the-spot: status window disappears after selecting a candidate

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[Masaki Katakai]

This problem has been filed on Japanese BugZilla,

 http://bugzilla.mozilla.gr.jp/show_bug.cgi?id=1095

When the over-the-spot mode, status window of kinput2
(japanese IME) disappears after selection on candidate window.
Here is the step how to rerproduce the problem.

1. modify your prefs.js to switch input mode to over-the-spot

   user_pref("xim.input_style", "over-the-spot");

2. start Mozilla
3. start composer
4. turn conversion on (usually by Shift+SPACE)
   Now you can see the status window just below the input cursor
5. type 'a' and invoke candidate window (usually by SPACE,SPACE, or
   CTRL+W)
6. just type return
   the candidate will be committed
   but the status window disappears

The priority of this bug would not be high because over-the-spot
mode is not the default.

Comment 1

[Masaki Katakai]

still reproducible on the latest tree, 0.9.7+.

Comment 2

[Warren Togami]

Are there any drawbacks to making activating over-the-spot in Mozilla?  All the other 
web browsers have it by default, and for a year I've been trying to figure out why 
kinput2 wouldn't work properly with Mozilla.  Now I know about this prefs.js option. 
 
Can over-the-spot be made default in Mozilla? 
 

Comment 3

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

Nobody can reproduce this bug now in bugzilla-jp (the original report in comment 0). Marking to WFM for now. If you still can reproduce this bug, please reopen this bug (or comment if you don't have permission).