104561 - Cannot Type In Text Boxes of Websites

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[Mark Schell]

This is a new problem with version 0.9.5.  On at least two financial web sites
(and presumably any site with a text entry box), I can not type text into the
text entry box.  Mozilla properly inserts stored usernames and passwords, but no
keyboard entry is possible.  The cursor remains on the far left of the box and
does not move as entries are attempted.  This was tested on 0.9.4 after the
problem was discovered, and it worked properly.

My system is using a keyboard plugged into a PS/2 keyboard port, and it is a
standard keyboard.

Comment 1

[Michael Schwendt]

@reporter, Bugzilla's URL field is for a single link to an example page. Since
you have entered two URLs, the link in your bug report does not work prior to
editing it.

This one?

  https://banking.chevychasebank.com/cgi-bin/Banking/reg/rg3BVWBReg.jsp

Works for me on Linux with 0.9.5.

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

wfm with win2k build 20011011.. (can't find a textbox on the second link).

Reporter: 
Have you installed mozilla in a fresh direcotry ? (not over an older build) 
Have you tried a new profile ? (run "mozilla -profilemanager" and create a
second additional test profile)

Comment 3

[Andreas Otte]

I saw this too, not a single textbox working, not even the urlbar, but after a
fresh restart of 0.9.5 I was unable to reproduce it. 

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

from eamil :
 OK, it is a bit strange.  First, when it acts up I can't access the 
URL bar, either.

 I allowed Mozilla to spawn a new profile from an old Netscape 4.7x 
profile.  The new profile worked fine, and I did not see the text 
problem.  I had been using the Modern skin, so I began to think that 
might be the problem.

I exitted and restarted Mozilla using the original profile (intending to 
switch to the Classic skin), which initially worked.  However, the 
problem recurs about half the time with the original profile.  I did try 
the Classic skin with no better results.  

Right now I don't have time to play around with the profiles (i.e. 
seeing if the problem every occurs with the new profile, and if not, 
trying to copy the data from the old profile to the new one).  That may 
give me some new clues about this.

Comment 5

[Andreas Otte]

I moved from 4.x to 0.92 to 0.94 to 0.95 with my profile, using modern theme.
I'm still unable to reproduce it after seeing it one time.

Comment 6

[Felipe Ghellar]

I see this bug very often. Usually, closing the window and opening a new one
fixes it. I use to launch the navigator by rght-clicking the Mozilla icon in the
system tray (dont know if this is related). I have build 2001101117 and win2k.

Comment 7

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 105822 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 105837 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[R.K.Aa.]

resolving as new, based on the dups.

Comment 10

[Dan Tobias]

It's been happening to me sporadically ever since an 0.9.4+ build.  I've found
that, although most keypresses do nothing, a few letters bring up items from the
Bookmarks menu -- for instance, B adds a bookmark and F brings up the File
Bookmark dialog.  This seems to indicate that Mozilla thinks that menu is the
active control, not the form input field or URL bar you're actually on.

Comment 11

[R.K.Aa.]

XP Apps

Comment 12

[Felipe Ghellar]

I could not to reproduce this with the keypresses; I could only access the menus
using the Alt-[something] keys. But I noticed that opening a child window (like
Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks; Edit -> Preferences; and maybe others) and
closing it again makes the parent browser window go back to normal operation,
i.e. the keys begin to work again.

Comment 13

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

event handling? editor-core?

Comment 14

[kinmoz]

It sounds like a focus problem. Can you type in the text widgets if you click 
into a different windows app, to give it focus, and then click back into the 
browser content window?

Comment 15

[Felipe Ghellar]

Yes, this works too.

Comment 16

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

->event handling

Comment 17

[saari (gone)]

Okay, this is the second instance I've seen this bug reported (I'll file a dup
later).

However, just as in the other bug, I don't have a good reproducable way to see
this, although this is the first time I've heard that it might be profile
releated. If you see this a lot, try to get a good sequence of actions/page
loads whatever that causes this to happen. Also see if creating a new profile
fixes it for everyone.

Thanks.

Comment 18

[John Nye]

Recreated the situation by visiting ofoto (http://www.ofoto.com) site and using
the automatic userid/password completion option of Mozilla. Submitted the values
filled in by Mozilla. Was able to navigate but although focus appeared to be in
text boxes, keystrokes did not get entered. Used email from bug system to pull
this form up from the mozilla site and could noy enter data here either. Closed
the navigator window, opened a fresh one and text entry became available once again.

Comment 19

[saari (gone)]

Huh. I had mozilla autofill the form and I still can't get it to kill the text
fields. I guess I'll keep trying and keep an eye out for it. Keep the info.
coming if you have it.

Comment 20

[Mark Schell]

This bug caused me to continue to use 0.9.4 rather than upgrade to 0.9.5.  I see
that it is targeted for 0.9.8.  However, I have not seen the problem in 0.9.6,
using the same profile that caused problems in the previous version.  I've tried
the sites listed and several others that require text box entry without seeing
the problem.

Comment 21

[Felipe Ghellar]

I still see it with 0.9.6 (Win2k); not so often as with 0.9.5, but it's still there.

Comment 22

[Dan Tobias]

I'm getting a renewed increase in incidents of this now, after weeks of seldom
seeing it; I think it's as a result of installing a newer build (currently
2001111503 at work, and I think a newer one at home).

Comment 23

[saari (gone)]

is it still happening on any old site or something in particular? Have you been
using the browser for a while when it happens? Have more than one window open,
mailnews, sidebar? Just trying to get a feeling for how to reproduce this.

Comment 24

[Felipe Ghellar]

Well, it looks like this for me:
Mail&News is always open;
I often have several browser windows open;
I always launch the browser using the Quick Launch icon;
Sometimes, when I open a new browser window, I cannot type anything in the URL
bar, until I give focus to another window (any one) and get back to that browser
window. Then it works fine.

Comment 25

[Dan Tobias]

For me, it usually happens when I click on a URL in a mail message in Pegasus
Mail, which I have configured to launch Mozilla to view URLs.  This brings up a
Mozilla window with the correct page, but with input nonfunctional.

Comment 26

[A.P. Russo]

I have also seen this problem in 9.6. It is very real and
when this happens, bug #115553 is also in effect.

Comment 27

[Dimitrios]

*** Bug 116750 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 28

[Dimitrios]

*** Bug 119159 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 29

[Dave]

I've been seeing this bug on cnnfn.com, which is a top 100 IIRC, just about
_every_ single time I go to it since I upgraded to 2002022208/Linux from
2002021806, I think. To reproduce:

1. Go to http://cnnfn.com
2. Try to type in the "stock/fund quotes" text box at the upper left hand corner
of the page.
3. Notice that this doesn't work.

I have yet to get this to work on 2002022506, so I can't post a workaround...
I've tried opening new tabs, new windows, closing tabs and windows and switching
focus around (I have have focus set to "follow pointer sloppily" under
enlightenment).

I also noticed that some significant changes were made to the sidebar between
those builds, but hiding the sidebar doesn't seem to help.

Comment 30

[Dave]

BTW, that one text box I mentioned above isn't the only one that doesn't work at
cnnfn. The search box doesn't either and many other text boxes I've encountered
(in the "calculators" section, for example) have also stopped working. This has
also proven to be very consistent and just as annoying over the past week or so.

Comment 31

[kinmoz]

Dave I think the problem at cnnfn.com is due to bug 127368. This regression was
caused by some checkin on 02/19 - 02/20.

Comment 32

[Dave]

Ah, didn't see that bug... my bad.

Comment 33

[saari (gone)]

Attachment: win32 patch that kills some (all?) the problems with window minimization and focus. Give it a shot and see if it fixes your problems

Comment 34

[yatsu]

Any chance on getting this into RC1?

Comment 35

[Felipe Ghellar]

I don't know if this patch made it into 1.0rc3, but I still see this bug in win2k.

I believe I found a way to reproduce it. My scenario: I use the quick launcher
to open new windows; my startup page is set to blank.

The tests I made (all executed 8-10 times):

A)
1) close all windows
2) open mail&news
3) minimize mail&news
4) open browser
5) close browser
6) goto 4
After step 4, the bug always shows up.

B)
1) close all windows
2) open mail&news
3) maximize mail&news
4) open browser
5) close browser
6) goto 4
After step 4, the bug never shows up.

C)
1) close all windows
2) open notepad
3) minimize notepad
4) open browser
5) close browser
6) goto 4
After step 4, the bug never shows up.

D)
1) close all windows
2) open notepad
3) minimize notepad
4) open mail&news
5) minimize mail&news
6) open browser
7) close browser
8) goto 6
After step 6, the bug shows up only once (the first time).

E)
1) close all windows
2) open mail&news
3) minimize mail&news
4) open notepad
5) minimize notepad
6) open browser
7) close browser
8) goto 6
After step 6, the bug shows up only once (the first time).

Can anybody reproduce them?

Comment 36

[kinmoz]

*** Bug 151242 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 37

[WD]

Now that bug 82534 is fixed, is anybody still seeing this?

Comment 38

[Dave]

Well, but 82534 was just reopened... that aside, I was seeing it as recently as
2002061708/Linux (in the URL bar, yahoo mail login screen... I think also at
myfico.com and possibly troweprice.com).
Haven't seen it yet on 2002062004/Linux, but I've been running it for less than
a day.

Comment 39

[Mark Schell]

I have not seen this problem since either 0.9.5 or 0.9.6 in W2k.  Web sites that
consistently caused the problem to surface are working for me.

Comment 40

[saari (gone)]

another bug that I think bryner has already or is about to fix. More test cases
if nothing else and a bit rotted patch for amusement

->bryner

Comment 41

[Dimitrios]

Closing this bug as worksforme. If someone else is still seeing this with
current builds, please reopen.