207445 - crash if I move text from one table cell to another

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect)

Description

[Jim Pehler]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507

When moving text from one table cell to another cell (same table) Mozilla.exe
generates and error with Microsoft with the following information...
AppName: mozilla.exe
AppVer: 1.4.20030.50704
ModName: gklayout.dll
ModVer: 1.4.20030.50704
Offset: 000da25e
Only occurs with text moves, works as expected when moving images.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Highlite text from a cell in a table.
2.Left click and hold button on mouse.
3.Move mouse to desired cell and release mouse button.

Actual Results:  
Microsoft's debug agent appears and reports the information mentioned in the
details section of this report.  After closing debug window (MS), both the
composer and Mozilla applications close.

Expected Results:  
Fixed the bug?  I Don't think this was something that could have been prevented
and was overlooked on purpose... it's just a bug.    ;^)

Comment 1

[Jim Pehler]

Test further and found that if this procedure is done with the use of <Ctrl><X>
(Cut) and <Ctrl><V> (Paste), the program functions as expected... no error.

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Please provide a talkback ID.
(use a build with Talkback and run mozilla/components/talkback.exe to get the ID
after youd sent the crash report)

Comment 3

[Kathleen :Brade]

I can't reproduce this problem with my debug mac build.  Could you attach a
testcase (example html file) and give precise steps for what you select and
where you drop it to reproduce this crash?  Maybe there is something special
about what you are selecting or the table or the drop location.

-->core

Comment 4

[Jim Pehler]

Attachment: Req for additional sample html and steps to reproduce crash.

Here is what I did to repeatedly reproduce a crash...
1) open Bug_Sample.html in Composer, did not need
links to accual images or script files.
2) Using mouse, highlight "Scenic" text from lower
left cell and drag with mouse to cell with "Artistic"
text.
3) wait about 5 seconds and MS Windows XP reports a
problem with Mozilla.exe and has to close the
application.

Comment 5

[Jeff D. Hanson]

WFM:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030604

What text related settings are you using?

Comment 6

[Kathleen :Brade]

Jim Pehler--I can't reproduce with the steps given.  Perhaps step 3 could be
clarified such as after making the selection, where in the selection do you
click to drag it?  What is the pointer over when you release the mouse button to
drop in the "Artistic" cell?  While you hover over the "Artistic" cell, do you
see caret feedback for where the text will be inserted?  Could you try a newer
build and see if this bug has been fixed since your initial report?

Thanks!

Comment 7

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Attachment: assertion I get testing these steps in a debug build.

Comment 8

[Kathleen :Brade]

Asa--you got an assertion, but did you crash?  I don't think the assertion you
are seeing is the same as the original bug because there is a new API in your
stack that wouldn't have been around last year when this bug was filed.

Jim Pehler--Are you still able to reproduce this problem with a recent build? 
If so, does it seem to be specific to drag & drop or can you see the crash by
choosing "cut" and then clicking in the other table cell and choosing "paste"?

Comment 9

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Unable to reproduce a crash with Mozilla 1.7 beta on windows XP.