424108 - Do not select final period when double clicking a word

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect)

Description

[Rochelle Derilo]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12

When double clicking on a word to select it, and it happens that the word is at the end of a sentence, the period following the word gets selected as well.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Double click on a word that is at the end of a sentence to select it.

Actual Results:  
The word and the period are both selected.

Expected Results:  
Only the word should be selected.

Solution should be smart enough to distinguish between a period that is within the word (such as a decimal point in numbers) and a period which is a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence. Do the same for question marks, exclamation points, and quotation marks.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3) Gecko/20090305 Firefox/3.1b3