159418 - Find in This Page stops working

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Aleksander Adamowski]

Reproducable on Mandrake Linux 8.2, KDE 2.2.2. Mozilla trunk build 2002072421.

On this page the "Find in This Page" command usually works only once, and then
is disabled (on that page only) - the command in the Edit menu is dimmed, and
the CTRL-F shortcut doesn't work.

Comment 1

[Akkana Peck]

Could this be interaction with the Flash plugin?

In a build with no flash, I can go to the site and repeatedly use find either
through the menu or the keyboard shortcut; but the keyboard shortcut doesn't
work when the mouse is over the flash area  at the top of the page.

People who are seeing this: do you have a working flash plugin?  Does it matter
whether the mouse is over a plugin or not?

Comment 2

[Aleksander Adamowski]

I have the Flash plugin installed.
It doesn't matter where the mouse cursor is located.
When accessing the page from a windows 2000 machine, where there's no Flash
plugin installed, Find in This Page is disabled too.
So it doesn't seem to be cause by the Flash object.

Comment 3

[Andrew Schultz]

worksforme, linux build 20020725, flash installed.

Comment 4

[Jim Cunning]

Possible interaction with helper application "application/pdf" ->
/usr/X11R6/bin/acroread  ??

For example, Google search for "QOS WRED" finds many PDF pages.  ^F works, as
does ^G, multiple times for both.  Alt-E shows both "Find in this page" and
"Find again" in normal intensity.  Then click on any PDF link--acrobat reader
opens and displays file.  ^F and ^G no longer work and Alt-E greys-out the
"Find..." choices.  This happens whether or not the PDF window is closed before
trying the keyboard shortcuts.  Going to another mozilla window doesn't help,
but reloading the page does.

Mozilla 1.1

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 on SuSE 8.0, KDE
3.0.1

Comment 5

[Marko Heiskanen]

Windows 2000, SP2.

Browser hangs immediately after selecting Edit/Find in this page or hitting
either CTRL-F or CTRL-G. Reproducible always.

Installed plugins include:
 - Adobe Acrobat Plug-In Version 5.00
 - Shockwave Flash 6.0 r29

Mozilla 1.3a
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212

Comment 6

[Paul Sharpe]

Also in 1.2.1:

Windows 2000, SP2.

Browser hangs immediately after selecting Edit/Find in this page or hitting
either CTRL-F. Reproducible always.

Installed plugins include:
  - Java Plug-in 1.4.0_01 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
  - Shockwave Flash 5.0 r41
  - Adobe Acrobat Plug-In Version 5.00 for Netscape
  - QuickTime Plug-in 6.0

Mozilla 1.2.1
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

Comment 7

[Matthew Elvey]

WinXP, Moz 1.2.1 WorksForMe - more or less. Ctrl-F didn't work at first. 
Sluggish for a bit after.  

Comment 8

[Daniel Wang]

URL is not working. anyone got a testcase?

Comment 9

[johannes wilms]

got the same problem on OS X, even after restarting mozilla 
(on 10.2.8 aswell as on earlier OS X-versions, the bug existed already in
mozilla 1.3, now in 1.6 beta) - but the strg-f works

Comment 10

[Aleksander Adamowski]

Seems that this bug has been fixed since 2003, correct?

Can I close it? I can no longer reproduce it, what about you?

Comment 11

[Andrew Schultz]

works for reporter => WORKSFORME