Closed
Bug 22205
Opened 25 years ago
Closed 25 years ago
When inserting ALT+ num key characters into existing text, the cursor moves erratically
Categories
(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect, P3)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
M14
People
(Reporter: marina, Assigned: kinmoz)
References
Details
(Whiteboard: [PDT+])
Steps to reproduce: -select a message; -click reply; -enter some text and continue to enter non-ascii chars using ALT+ 0233; -now note: input jumps two lines down after iqatest1 wrote: and inserts there
Updated•25 years ago
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Assignee: ducarroz → beppe
Comment 1•25 years ago
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Reassign to beppe
Comment 2•25 years ago
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assigning to jfrancis and cc ftang
Comment 3•25 years ago
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assigning to jfrancis and cc ftang
Updated•25 years ago
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Assignee: jfrancis → brade
Comment 5•25 years ago
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reassign to myself to do some preliminary investigation for jfrancis
Updated•25 years ago
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Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Comment 6•25 years ago
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I think Joe has fixed this as part of his caret fixes recently. This now works for me testing on a build from today.
I'm reopening because Alt+Num operation still is not working as it should so the focus is lost when entering non-ascii chars and input jumps tending to start new line every time you use Alt+ NUM key
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Comment 8•25 years ago
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reassign to jfrancis; cc mjudge This might have something to do with what happens when right-arrowing at the end of the edit buffer (?) Who has that bug?
Assignee: brade → jfrancis
Status: REOPENED → NEW
Updated•25 years ago
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Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
I would think this bug should be fixed for Beta 1, it is a really annoying problem and should be on PDT + radar. Kat, Lisa?
Comment 10•25 years ago
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Yes, I agree that this is a bad problem. This seems to be a general editor problem and not restrcited to just reply mail. Essentially, I see the following problem: 1. Say you have a line like "This is an editing practic." repeated several times in your Composer document: This is an editing practice This is an editing practice This is an editing practice This is an editing practice 2. Now insert the cursor into somewhere in the second line. 3. Use ALT+NUMPad to input a character (e.g. ALT+0231, ALT+0235, etc.) 4. As you enter characters see where the cursor is jumping to. The behavior is very erratic. Note: If you are not inserting into a middle of existing lines with ALT+NUMPad, you don't see this kind of problem. On a clean Editor canvas, you will see only the problem described in Bug 22206, which is already marked for beta1. Could this be something we can resolve when Bug 22206 is resolved? If so, we can resolve this to be a duplicate of that bug.
Keywords: beta1
Summary: In Reply mode focus is lost when entering ALT+ num key → When inserting ALT+ num key characters into existing text, the cursor moves erratically
Comment 11•25 years ago
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And of course, the reason this is critical for reply mail is that reply is normally guaranteed to have existing lines quoted from the original mail.
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Comment 13•25 years ago
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This should probably be assigned to someone dealing with XUL keybindings. The problem only occurs when the numlock key is not down. The '2', '4', '6', and '8' keys, on the num pad, act as arrow keys when the numlock key is not down. What's happening here is that the XUL bindings for the arrow keys are getting triggered, even though the ALT key is down. The bindings need to be modified so that ALT arrow key is ignored. The editor never sees the keys being typed until the ALT key goes up and the OS fires off a key event.
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Comment 14•25 years ago
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Adding myself to Cc list.
Comment 16•25 years ago
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Resolving this bug as a duplicate of Bug 22206 to make it easier to manage both bugs. Will not verify it untill the other bug has been fixed. At that time, we will check the behavior reported here. Dependency on Bug 22206 has been noted. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 22206 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago → 25 years ago
Depends on: 22206
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: MailNews → Core
Updated•16 years ago
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Product: Core → MailNews Core
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