1169786 - [Bidi] Home and End key don't always work in bidi text.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1067788

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

Description

[Ted Clancy [:tedders1]]

In an LTR paragraph, if a line of text starts with RTL text, the Home key won't work in that line. (Same for LTR text in an RTL paragraph.)

Similarly, in an LTR paragraph, if a line of text ends with RTL text, the End key won't work in that line. (Same for LTR text in an RTL paragraph.)

To see for yourself, copy this text into a textbox and try to use the Home key:

אבגדה are the first 5 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Interestingly, I see this problem on Linux, but not on Mac (using the Cmd-Left Arrow, the Mac equivalent of Home).

Comment 1

[Ted Clancy [:tedders1]]

Oh, the reason I don't see the problem on my Mac is because of my pref settings.

Comment 2

[Khaled Hosny]

Isn’t this just a difference between visual and logical cursor placement? When bidi.browser.ui is true, home goes to the visual start of the line (left side of the Hebrew word) and when it is false it goes to the logical start (right side of the Hebrew word).

Comment 3

[Ted Clancy [:tedders1]]

I think this was fixed by Bug 1067788.