183611 - Delete key goes Back when typing accented characters

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 181198

(Camino Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Description of the bug:

You'll have to know how to write an accented letter like í, é, ó or something.

you write the accent first, then hit the letter. like ´+e = é

now in Chimera, if you only write ´ (the accent) it is highlighted until you
press any other letter key.

Now (you realize you are still in the text edit box where it is usually safe to
press <backspace> ) as the accent is highlighted, press <backspace> and prepare
to become annoyed.

It is for us foreigners anyway, that constantly use keyboard layouts that have
an accent key, to accidentally hit, reflexively try to erase, and frustratingly
see our browser go back one page (or more).

Comment 1

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Kathy: can you look at this? I determined that the delete key for the accent
isn't getting down to the editor (unlike a mozilla build). We seem to be setting
up the correct charCode (0) and keyCode (8) in the event, so I'm not sure why.

Comment 2

[[e-mail]]

Is this related to bug 181198?

Comment 3

[Mina]

Confirmed using build 2002122004 (and very annoying for typing in french, which
use a lot of dead-key accents: ` ^ ´ ¨

Comment 4

[S Woodside]

I agree with comment #2, it looks related because both are composed characters.
Here's what I posted there, I have a similar question here (just eliminate the
"return" part) : "Seems like the state is getting messed up after the input of
composed characters maybe. Question: When you hit return to confirm a japanese
composed character, do you normally expect the focus/cursor to stay in the text
field? Does it stay there if you keep typing normal characters instead of
hitting delete? If you type a composed character, hit return, then type a
non-composed character, then hit delete, what happens?"

Comment 5

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

*** Bug 187370 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[S Woodside]

dupe of bug 181198?

Comment 7

[S Woodside]

Reproduce:

Try this on a US keyboard setting: type option-n (for the tilde modifier) then
type delete. Note you will Go Back. Then return to here and type Option-n, then
n, and the character will turn into an "n" with a tilde over it (ñ as in
españa). I'm on 2003042705.

Comment 8

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 181198 ***