208199 - DOM-caret-selection mismatch for newlines in block with CSS whitespace:pre

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect)

Description

[ronoc lapy]

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

The DOM records that a newline exists in a text node whose container has a
whitespace setting of pre (ex/ HTML pre element). However, the caret and
Selection object's don't recognize the newline and treat a selection after the
newline the same as they render a selection before that newline. This is
illustrated at the URL above.

Note that this problem exists on Mozilla in OS X as well.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
see URL 

Actual Results:  
see URL

Expected Results:  
recognizes the difference between selecting before or after a newline.

Fixing this bug is important for rounding out Mozile -
(http://mozile.mozdev.org) - an in-browser editing extension for Mozilla/Firebird.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Selection problem.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
bug reports that have not been confirmed by a second user after three months are
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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.