143358 - Quanpin/ZhengMa--Flipped input characters in "To" field of msg compose window with auto-complete turned on

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[Jeesun Cho]

Quanpin flips entered input characters in "To" field of msg compose window
Build: 0509 branch
OS: SC windows 98

Steps:
1. Choose Quanpin as a input method
2. In "To" field of mail compose window, for example, put ¼¸°Ù by doing steps as
follow
a. hit j
b. select 1 from given options
c. select 1 again from given options
3. It should print "¼¸°Ù", but in "To" field, °Ù¼¸ is put. Notice that these two
characters are flipped. I tried other characters. They also showed the same problem.
4. Subject/Body field of mail compose window doesn't have this issue. Also,
other input feilds in browser (url location or any form submission field) work OK.
5. Other Input methods seem to be working fine.

Comment 1

[nhottanscp]

>1. Choose Quanpin as a input method
Is that IME for Chinese?

Please attach a screen shot (include the "To" field also the selected IME).

Is this for specific to mail "To" filed? How about URL location bar?

Comment 2

[ji]

Jeesun and I tried in URL bar and search field of netcenter page, it works fine
there. So  far, receipient fields on mail compose window are the only places we
can reproduce the problem. 
CC'ed to Yuying and Rui.
I also can reproduce this on Simplified Chinese XP.
Nominating for nsbeta1.

Comment 3

[Jeesun Cho]

Please see this page in GB2312
I'll attach a screenshot of mail compose window which has the following chars
both in "To" field and "Body". Notice that chars in "Body" work OK, but those in
"To" field are all flipped.

(Input Chars) Result   
(¼¸°Ù)        °Ù¼¸        - By typing j - 1 - 1
(¿¨³µ)        ³µ¿¨        - By typing k - 1 - 1
(À­°ï½á»ï)    °ï½á»ïÀ­    - By typing l - 1 - 1

Comment 4

[Jeesun Cho]

Attachment: screenshot of mail compose window

Comment 5

[Jeesun Cho]

Attachment: screenshot of IME, quanpin

Comment 6

[Yuying Long]

In this particular "To" field by using different SimpChinese IME / WinXP-SC:
1. "ZhengMa" has same problem as reported here (QuanPin).
2. "MS PinYing" and "ZhiNeng" has no problem.
3. "NeiMa" and "ShuangPin" won't show wrong direction, but has cursor problem:
after select the candidate charcter, then press Backspace it doesn't do detect
but move the mouse cursor in front of the character.

Comment 7

[ji]

Modified the summay based on Yuying's comments.

Comment 8

[Frank Tang]

can you reproduce this problem in other area- such as url bar, bugzilla comments
fields and composer?

Comment 9

[Yuying Long]

No, at least at this point - I tried url, a html page has different input text
fields (including fixed length) in Browser or Composer window.  Also like Jeesun
reported, it not reproducible on Mail subject and mail body.

Comment 10

[Frank Tang]

I think this caused by the autocomplete when the first characters got enter.
When I test it, after I input the first character, the autocomplete will insert
a selected "@netscape.com" after it. I think that confused the input method.
Is that what you see?

Comment 11

[Frank Tang]

In my testing, if we turn off the autocomplete, the problem go away.
how to turn off:
1. open Edit:Preference
2. click "Mail & Newsgroups: Addressing" tab
3. uncheck "Local Address Books" and make sure the "Directory Server" is also
unchecked (that is by default)

now it problem go away.

Comment 12

[ji]

Yes, I also saw the problem is gone after turning off autocomplete on XP! That
explains why this is only seen in recipient fields.

Comment 13

[Jeesun Cho]

The same thing happens with Address Book's new list. When you create a new list
and type names under "Type names or drag addresses..." section, you'll notice
the same problem.

Comment 14

[nhottanscp]

Shanjian, could you take a look at this? I am not familiar with Chinese IME.

Comment 15

[Frank Tang]

what kind of IME have the problem ? Is this unique to SC IME? how about TC/JA/KO
ime ?

Comment 16

[Jeesun Cho]

I haven't seen this problem with other IME except SC. As mentioned,
Quanpin/ZhengMa show the problem

Comment 17

[Shanjian Li]

A simplified scenario to show the problem:
1, type "j" in address field.
2, type "1" to choose a character
3, Type "ESC".
The cursor should be after the hanzi, but it is not. I haven't figured out why.
Give it to roy for now. I can continue look at this after I come back next Tuesday.

Comment 18

[Roy Yokoyama]

I definitely see this problem in my WinXP-SC IMEs.  Unfortunately I couldn't 
pin point what the cause of this bug.
I looked at nsAbAutoCompleteSession.cpp, nsAutoComplete.cpp, autocomplete.xml; but
failed to locate a cause......

Comment 19

[Jeesun Cho]

Renominating this bug. Changing keyword from nsbeta1- to nsbeta1

Comment 20

[marina]

changing qa contact

Comment 21

[marina]

per i18 triage: nsbeta1-

Comment 22

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

is this still seen in v3.x?  
(I can't imagine the new autocomplete would still do this)

Comment 23

[Makoto Kato [:m_kato]]

Not reproduce on 3.1.  We should close as worksforme.

Reporter said that strings were flipped on to: field.  But it isn't flipped on 3.1.

Comment 24

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Thanks.  WFM per comment 23