116447 - tooltip persists after autocomplete dropdown appears

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[andreww]

maxos 9.1 build 2001122104
steps to repeat

launch app
clear out any text in the url field
move mouse over url field and wait till tooltip comes up (it's too wide by 
the way)
start typing.

what happens:
autocomplete widget appears with helpful suggestions for typing in stuff, 
but the tooltip is there still too! you can see it sticking out underneath the 
autocomplete dropdownl

What should happen:

url tooltip should be dismissed when user starts to type.

Comment 1

[Andy Lyttle]

Confirmed in 2001112011 on Mac OS 9, but 2001121803 on Win2k does hide the
tooltip when you start typing.

Comment 2

[David Hyatt]

--> default owner

Comment 3

[Garrett Smith]

What is worse:

 Mozilla puts tooltips on a higher stacking order than everything else in the
os. When Mozilla loses focus, a tooltip will persist above the current application.

This is annoying and distracting because the tooltip that was generated by
mozilla has nothing to do with the current application. When you the dock on a
side (left or right), you will notice the problem much more.

Here's how I reproduce the situation:

1) use a left dock with dock hiding on.
2) put a text editor application icon in the upper part of the dock.
3) launch your text editor.
3) go to dhtmlkitchen.com (note: this bug is not url-specific)
4) position the window so that the cuttingboard is aligned with your text-editor
icon in the dock. (from step 2)
5) move the mouse quickly across the cuttingboard to the text-editor icon. When
the dock pops out, click the text-editor icon.

Result:
7/10 times, the tooltip will appear above the text editor (BBEdit). Clicking the
tooltip will draw focus to mozilla and the tooltip will eventually die. 


"...Looks to me like tooltips show above the area reserved for the Dock, not
over it..."

The words "over" and "above" can be confusing in this matter. Better to use the
terms "stacking order," "in front of," and "behind."

Comment 4

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

This bug is targeted at a Mac classic platform/OS, which is no longer supported
by mozilla.org. Please re-target it to another platform/OS if this bug applies
there as well or resolve this bug.

I will resolve this bug as WONTFIX in four weeks if no action has been taken.
To filter this and similar messages out, please filter for "mac_cla_reorg".

Comment 5

[riscky]

Since Mozilla is no longer supported on Mac OS X pre-OS X I am attepting to test
the remaining open bugs (all 175 of them).

The test client will be the Mozilla (SeaMonkeys) 1.6 running Mac OS X 10.3.2

Result/Status: Bug no longer exist.

Comment 6

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Mac OS Classic bug. Marking WONTFIX.