204491 - IME: cursor position is at the beginning of the string with un-commit mode

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[Yuying Long]

Build: 05-01 trunk build on WinXP-JA

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch browser and go to any text area that can input Japanese characters,
e.g. Composer window, text fields inside web page, URL location bar ...etc.
2. Start input, but not commit yet, e.g. type "nihonn" with hiragana mode.
3. Press space key to bring up the candidate window.

Actual Result:
The mouse cursor focus is at the beginning of the string.

Expected Result:
The mouse cursor should be at the end of the string.  MS Notepad and IE do like
that.

Comment 1

[marina]

Frank, should that be reassigned to you?

Comment 2

[Teruko Kobayashi]

This is only Windows problem. 

Comment 3

[Paul Wyskoczka]

adt: nsbeta1-

Comment 4

[bobj]

Clearing nsbeta1- for reconsideration.

This is a very bad usability problem. Works in Netscape 7.02.

Comment 5

[bobj]

Restoring nsbeta-.  Clearing "regression" from keywords.

Frank looked into this with Yuying.  My earlier comment:
> This is a very bad usability problem. Works in Netscape 7.02.
is wrong on both counts.

This is not a regression.  The cursor position returns to the correct
position after committing the IME text.  The cursor position while in
candidate mode is different from notepad and OE, but it is not clear
which is correct.

I marked this WONTFIX, but it could also be argued as INVALID...

Comment 6

[Yuying Long]

Mark this one as won't fix.

But this problem is not invalid, the IME correct behavior should not put the
cousor position at the beginning before commit.  You can check this on every
where, not only the MS IE or Notepad, but also on Ichitaro JA-IME, Mac JA-IME,
linux JA IME ..., the cousor always at the end of the un-commit string.