151053 - Buttons fail to fire actions in java applet

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Andrew Crawford]

Build ID

2002052918

Using plugin:

/j2re1.4.0_01/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Steps to reproduce:

1) Goto http://webpac.otago.ac.nz
2) After it loads, click on "Library Catalogue"
3) Try and do a new search - some of the buttons fail to work e.g search
4) Move the window a bit and then the buttons work

This behaviour has been seen on other applets with buttons.

Applet works fine with Mozilla 1.0 under Windows 2000

Comment 1

[Joseph Edward Miele]

I just filed a comment under bug 136010, which seems to be directly related to
this bug report. Changing the size of the window does get the buttons in a Java
applet to work. Here are the steps that I performed to verify it:

1. Go to this URL: http://community.parachat.com/newbies.html
2. When the chat applet appears, try clicking on the Float button. The button
appears to react to the click, but the floating action never occurs.
3. Resize the browser window. You can't just use the maximize or restore
buttons, you need to grab the edge of a window and change the size.
4. Try a button. Now it will work.

Hope this is a clue as to where the problem might be.

Comment 2

[Andrew Crawford]

Yes I agree that bug 136010 is a duplicate of this bug.

Comment 3

[Bob Hutzel]

I can confirm this with 2002090804 using
/j2re1.4.0_01/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so under Linux 2.4.19. Wrote a
simple applet implementing ActionListener with a button. Clicking the button
causes actionPerformed to run in IE (Win), Netscape (Win), appletviewer (Linux).
Mozilla (Linux) does nothing when the button is clicked with the mouse. However,
if I tab over to the button and then use the space bar, the applet works as
expected.

Comment 4

[David Denis]

Same problem for me, buttons don't fire any action. Using Mozilla 1.0.0 with
Java(TM) Plug-in (j2sdk1.4.0). Using bundled appletviewer with direct URL works
just fine. (Applet is in french).

http://david.denis.name/pageview.php?page=crypto-rs

Comment 5

[Joe Chou]

Re-assign to Margaret.

Comment 6

[Patty Mac]

Chris Petersen is a new QA contact for oji component. His email is:
[e-mail]

Comment 7

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

fixing small error for [e-mail] (filter with : SPAMMAILSUCKS)

Comment 8

[Joshua Xia]

reassign to me

Comment 9

[Kenneth Herron]

I'm using linux nightly 2002120705 with j2sdk 1.4.1_01. Both
<http://webpac.otago.ac.nz> and the url from comment #1 work properly for me.

Andrew, could you see if you can reproduce this with a current version of
mozilla and java? If you find that it's working, please go ahead and set the
resolution on this report.

Comment 10

[Joseph Edward Miele]

I see that bug 136010 (which seemed to be directly related to this one) has been
closed.

I tried to reproduce the problem that I was having with buttons on Java using
Mozilla 1.2.1. The bug is gone! Excellent work!

Comment 11

[Kenneth Herron]

Resolving per comment #10.