17210 - Option always highlighted in muli-select widget

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 15841

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect, P3)

Description

["Zow"]

If a HTML select form element does not have a default value (such as the
Platform or OS selections on the Bugzilla Query page), then the first

option will be selected by default. This is problematic if no selection is a
valid option (as it is when querying Bugzilla), as the user must Ctrl-click

in each multi-select widget then.

Comment 1

[karnaze (gone)]

Reassigning to Rod.

Comment 2

[rods (gone)]

Maybe its late, but I don't quite get what the bug is. I need a better
explanation. What does Nav do today and how does Gecko differ from it?

Comment 3

[Sean Richardson]

This is quite possibly a DUP of Bug 15841. [e-mail], you can disambiguate
this somewhat by saying what build you were using.

With M10, possibly earlier, and somewhat possibly later, the first (or
in some cases the last) OPTION value in a FORM SELECT element is always
initially selected, even if it should not be (no SELECTED attribute on
that OPTION). It can be seen especially well with the bugzilla query page,
and yes, it causes a useability problem there, and also messes with
enter_bug.cgi.

This was Bug 15841, FIXED by [e-mail], and VERIFIED 1999-10-18

Comment 4

["Zow"]

This bug is indeed a duplicate - just my inexperience with the query tool
showing.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15841 ***