Closed Bug 1077139 Opened 10 years ago Closed 10 years ago

Use the proper (horizontal i-beam) cursor over vertical-direction text elements

Categories

(Core :: Layout: Text and Fonts, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla35

People

(Reporter: jfkthame, Assigned: jfkthame)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs)

Details

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(1 file)

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This seems to make for a better user experience with vertical text.
Attachment #8499191 - Flags: review?(dbaron)
Assignee: nobody → jfkthame
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Comment on attachment 8499191 [details] [diff] [review]
Use the vertical-text IBeam cursor when the writing mode is vertical.

Review of attachment 8499191 [details] [diff] [review]:
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::: layout/generic/nsTextFrame.cpp
@@ +4220,5 @@
>                         nsIFrame::Cursor& aCursor)
>  {
>    FillCursorInformationFromStyle(StyleUserInterface(), aCursor);  
>    if (NS_STYLE_CURSOR_AUTO == aCursor.mCursor) {
> +    aCursor.mCursor = GetWritingMode().IsVertical() ? 

oops, let's lose the trailing whitespace
Comment on attachment 8499191 [details] [diff] [review]
Use the vertical-text IBeam cursor when the writing mode is vertical.

r=dbaron

(Am I the only one who prefers the : and ? at the start of the line, lined up with each other?)
Attachment #8499191 - Flags: review?(dbaron) → review+
(In reply to David Baron [:dbaron] (UTC-7) (needinfo? for questions) from comment #3)
> Comment on attachment 8499191 [details] [diff] [review]
> Use the vertical-text IBeam cursor when the writing mode is vertical.
> 
> r=dbaron
> 
> (Am I the only one who prefers the : and ? at the start of the line, lined
> up with each other?)

No; I think I prefer that, too.

Turns out the style guide was changed (5 years ago!) on this issue; I was obeying a long-obsolete rule. I'll fix it before landing, and try to change my old habit.
Blocks: 789103
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/795d9067f6c6
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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