170849 - When cursor is NOT set to an editable area, candidate window for MS PinYin is placed at wrong position

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[ji]

In case the cursor is not set to an editable area, the candidate window jumps up
all the way to the left up corner of the screen. Before the fix of bug 164204,
the candidate window stays on the window that is focused on.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to any web page
2. Make sure the window focus is not set to an editing field
3. Use MS PinYin to enter Chinese characters, observe the candidate window.

Since type ahead feature is availble on the trunk build, but not on the branch
build, we only need to fix this problem on the trunk. On the other hand, on the
branch build if the cursor is not set to an editable area, IME should be
disabled as on IE.

Comment 1

[ji]

Nominate for nsbeta1 if type ahead feature is included for the next release.

Comment 2

[ji]

According to Rui, with this problem, type ahead feature is not working anymore
for Simplified Chinese since the candidate window is outside of the focused
window. It looks like a must-fix bug if we need type ahead feature.

Comment 3

[Samir Gehani]

i18n triage team: nsbeta1-

Comment 4

[Makoto Kato [:m_kato]]

not reproduce on the latest Nightly with Microsoft Pinyin.  This was netscape-era bug, so we cannot ni to reporter.  Feel free to reopen this issue if anyone knows reproduce step