159531 - Keyboard navigation to the right in forms with non alphanumeric-characters

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 108125

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[db]

Normally when editing text on a Mac you can hold down the alt-key (opt-key) and
press the left/right key to move a word rather than just one letter. However,
when you go right one word at the time in a form in Mozilla and come to
characters like »./ you can not move by this character.

E.g., try this line:

9abc1 .8abc2. /7abc3/ »6abc4»

If you move left to right and start just to the right of 4», the first jump
(i.e. alt/aop and an arrow key) puts the cursor between space and »6, the second
jump places the cursor between space and /7 etc. This works as expected.

However, if you start left of 9, after the first jump the cursor is between 1
and space (ok), next jump moves the cursor one step right (between space and '.'
- still ok) but then you are stuck. You  have to move one step to the right by
only pressing the right arrow (now you are  between '.' and 8). Another jump
moves the cursor between 2 and '.', and then you are stuck again.

Comment 1

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

bug 108125, bug 127321

Comment 2

[Greg K.]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 108125 ***

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

marking verified as a duplicate.

if you decide to reopen this bug, please clarify why.

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