Closed
Bug 210401
Opened 18 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
Immediately opening a new browser tab after visiting a page with an auto-placed cursor takes cursor focus from current page to original page
Categories
(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)
Tracking
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VERIFIED
DUPLICATE
of bug 124750
People
(Reporter: talibmorgan, Unassigned)
References
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Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030612 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030612 I use www.hotmail.com as the URL because that's where I see the problem. However, the best way to actually experience the problem is to go to www.msn.com. Then, click on the "Hotmail" nav item at the top. Right after clicking the "Hotmail" item, but before the page loads, open a new tab window (Ctrl+T) and try to type in a new URL in the address bar (e.g. www.mozilla.org). When the Hotmail page loads, it automatically places the cursor in the "E-mail address" field. Unfortunately, doing so seems to steal cursor focus from separate and distinct tabbed browser windows. It does not seem to happen when new non-tabbed (Ctrl+N) browser windows are created. I find it mildly annoying and since I'm seeing more and more sites auto-placing the cursor, I'm guessing that it will only get more annoying. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. See the Details section above. Actual Results: My cursor moved from my current tabbed browser window to the one in which Hotmail had loaded. Expected Results: It should have kept my cursor's focus where I had it. When I went back to the Hotmail window, I would see the cursor in the "E-mail address" text box. That's the behavior that I see when I use Ctrl+N instead of Ctrl+T. I'm guessing that tabbed browser windows share a cursor object someplace, but new browser windows have separate cursor objects.
Comment 1•18 years ago
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This bug (report) looks like a duplicate of bug 210367...
Comment 2•18 years ago
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All these bugs seem the same (focus changes to form element after new tab): Bug 200942, bug 200231, bug 196646. Maybe bug 200664 too.
Comment 3•18 years ago
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It seems to happen to me on RedHat9 since 1.5a and on to current 1.5. I usually fix it by changing to the mail component, pressing the "Get Mail" button and going back to the browser. It doesn't work always, though. It's a very annoying bug.
Comment 4•17 years ago
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Something similar happens to me when I have multiple tabs open. Seems like my keyboard navigation is going to a tab in the background, so when I hit pgdn, end, etc. the tab behind the one that's visible is getting those keystrokes instead. I can switch to the other tab and find that the page has been advanced as though I had been hitting those keys while viewing that tab (which wasn't the case). I'm using (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20040102 Firebird/0.7+).
Comment 5•17 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 124750 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•17 years ago
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Updated•2 years ago
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Component: HTML: Form Submission → DOM: Core & HTML
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