1311320 - When highlighting inside XML tags the match highlight looks like teleporting

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect)

Description

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

Attachment: ftScreencast.mp4

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
Build ID: 20161018030211

[Affected versions]:
- Nightly 52.0a1

[Affected platforms]:
- Windows 10, Ubuntu 16.04, Mac OS X 10.11

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Launch Firefox
2. Navigate to http://www.w3schools.com/xml/cd_catalog.xml
3. Press Ctrl+F to open the search bar
4. Look for anything containing </ for e.g "EU</COUNTRY" - without the quotation marks 

[Expected result]:
- All the search matches should be found and properly highlighted. 

[Actual result]:
- The first match is jumping. Please see the screen cast for more details.

Comment 1

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

Too late for firefox 52, mass-wontfix.