1813728 - [Bug]: keyboard behaviour in input fields (e. g. search engines)

Status: NEW

(GeckoView :: IME, defect, P2)

Description

[Jonathan Almeida [:jonalmeida]]

From github: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/22231.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a Tab with a search field. Search engine, Amazon, eBay, whatever
2. Search something with one or more keywords
3. On the result Page try to modify the search terms in the search field by changing one keyword by longpressing it in order to delete or overwrite it.

Expected behaviour

The search terms is marked and the keyboard opens. I can use backspace to delete or just overwrite it.

Actual behaviour

The searchterm is marked and keyboard stays closed. I have to use the edit menue to cut the search term, yet I want to delete it. Keyboard still closed. Have to tap again in the search field to open keyboard to enter another searchterm.
Chrome does it as expected.

Device name

Honor 6x, Samsung Tab 4

Android version

Android 9, 10 (linageOS)

Firefox release type

Firefox Nightly

Firefox version

95.0a1 (Build #2015841577) AC: 95.0.20211022190114, 739de5c6a3 GV: 95.0a1-20211022100052 AS: 86.0.0

Device logs

No response

Additional information

No response

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Comment 1

[Makoto Kato [:m_kato]]

Due to bug 1556103, we force close keyboard since Chrome behavior is same at that time... But current Chrome seems to be different behavior.

Comment 2

[Makoto Kato [:m_kato]]

IMEStateManager doesn't do nothing at this situation, so even if I backed out bug 1556103, this issue won't be fixed...

Comment 3

[Makoto Kato [:m_kato]]

Chrome behavior (Android 13 + latest version of Chrome)

• If content is empty, action bar is shown, but virtual keyboard isn't shown.
• If content isn't empty, action bar and virtual keyboard are shown.

Android's Textbox behavior (Android 13)

• If content is empty, action bar is shown, but virtual keyboard isn't shown.
• If content isn't empty, action bar is shown, but virtual keyboard isn't shown.

Comment 4

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

The Android team has not been keeping our P1 bug list up to date, so we're resetting all our P1 bugs to P2 to avoid signalling that we're actively working on bugs that we're not. The BMO documentation https://wiki.mozilla.org/BMO/UserGuide/BugFields#priority says P1 means "fix in the current release cycle" and P2 means "fix in the next release cycle or the following (nightly + 1 or nightly + 2)".

If you are actively working on this bug and expect to ship it in Fx 122 or 123, then please restore the priority back to P1.