441194 - javascript:print() reverses typed text in another window's location bar

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 407379

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Scott K]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052912 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052912 Firefox/3.0

Opening a print dialog with javascript:print() causes the URL bar in other windows to behave strangely.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open two firefox windows
2. Type type "javascript:print()" into the address bar or click a link which calls javascript:print()
3. While the print dialog is open, edit text in the other windows URL bar
Actual Results:  
Typing text into the URL bar appears right to left instead of left to right. Text selection in the URL bar also is broken. 

Expected Results:  
The URL bar should behave normally.

When you click "Cancel" in the print dialog, the problem goes away.  The problem does not occur when you select "File, Print..." in the browser.

Comment 1

[Scott K]

I've also been able to reproduce this bug on Windows.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

Comment 2

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Confirmed. I assume this is a regression from Firefox 2.
Might be interesting to know the regression range.

Comment 3

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

I see this problem also in very old builds so I can't get a regression range from this.