13230 - <input type=text> (size is off by one pixel) form element doesn't display size attribute properly

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect, P3)

Description

[Derek Wickersham]

<input type=text> form element doesn't display the size attribute properly. The
size is always 4 characters larger than what was specified.

for example:

<form name="f"><input type="text" name="t" size="3"></form>

The form text field that appears on screen allows 7 characters to be input
before "spilling over".

The above snippet is all that's required to duplicate this problem; this is the
simplest case scenario.

Using M9 from the file mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Comment 1

[karnaze (gone)]

Reassigning to Steve.

Comment 2

[buster]

reassigned to rods.  Rod has recently changed all the text control sizing code,
and this may already be fixed.

Comment 3

[rods (gone)]

I tested the above snipet and it comes out one pixel short with GFX rendering
than with Nav 4.0. I'll look for that one pixel

Comment 4

[rods (gone)]

Augmented description to better track the bug.

Comment 5

[rods (gone)]

We have duplicated the Nav algorithms for NavQuirks mode. Any mismatch on size
now was to do with the font metrics and the way Gecko attempts to match fonts in
NavQuirks - Fixed

Comment 6

[Prashant Desale]

Verified with 1999-11-29-09.