209489 - form input/textarea cursors are initially positioned improperly

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 131698

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect)

Description

[Matt Mechtley]

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

When "input" and "textarea" tags are placed in a "p" tag that uses the
":first-line" css selector, giving the form element focus will cause the text
cursor to be placed improperly. If any text is typed, it is displayed in the
proper location, and even deleting the text causes the cursor to remain in the
correct place. For an example, see http://igda-phx.org/submit.php?section=link
Note that form controls in paragraphs not using the ":first-line" selector, do
not suffer from this bug, such as those in the page at
http://igda-phx.org/calendar.php

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a page which contains a form
2. In a stylesheet, add a selector for p:first-line. Whether or not the selector
actually changes any text display properties is irrelevant.
3. Add a "p" tag that will be selected by the aforementioned selector. In it
place some text, such as might be used for a label for a form element.
4. Place an "input" or "textarea" tag following the text but still within the
"p" tag that contains the text.
5. Close the "p" tag
Actual Results:  
Upon initially giving the form element focus, the text cursor is placed at the
beginning of the parent text element

Expected Results:  
Upon giving the form element focus, the text cursor should be placed at the
beginning of the form element.

This bug has been verified as occuring with the newest release for both Windows
and i686 Linux. I have attached an absolute -minimum- example, but the bug still
occurs even if you do something such as insert a line break ("br" tag) between
the text in the "p" tag and the form element.

Comment 1

[Matt Mechtley]

Attachment: Minimal test case for bug

This is the minimal (but still sytactically correct) html code needed to
reproduce the bug.

Comment 2

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 131698 ***