210813 - "Print range Pages" functions improperly with blank "from:" or "to:" fields

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: Printing: Output, defect)

Description

[Ken Winiecki, Jr.]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425

In the Mozilla "Print" window "Print range" region, a blank "from:" field should
imply "beginning", and a blank "to:" field should imply "end", but they do not.  

The "to:" field should be writeable when the "from:" field is blank, but it is not.

Entering a number in the "from:" field and leaving the "to:" field blank should
print from the page number entered to the end of the document, but it does not,
it only prints one page.

There should be an additional radio button to easily print "Current page".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Go to any web page that is at least 3 pages long.
2.  Select "File / Print..." or click on the printer icon.
3.  Enter "2" into the "Print range Pages to:" field and hit "OK" if successful.
4.  Enter "2" into the "Print range Pages from:" field and hit "OK".

Actual Results:  
1.  Went to a web page that was 3 pages long.
2.  Brought up the Print window.
3.  Failed, the "Print range Pages to:" field is locked.
4.  Only printed one page, page number 2 of 3.

Expected Results:  
1.  (This is fine.)
2.  (This is fine.)
3.  Should have printed pages 1 and 2 of 3 instead of refusing entry.
4.  Should have printed pages 2 and 3 of 3 instead of only page 2.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Kevin Brosnan]

No changes were made to the code base by this bug, worksforme.

Comment 3

[Ken Winiecki, Jr.]

Oops, reopened.  I think later in 2003, the default action was improved by
changing "from:" and "to:" from <blank> and <blank> to "1" and "1".  Otherwise
the behavior is still as described Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0;
en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6.

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

print dialog no longer allows non-numerics in these fields.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060714 Minefield/3.0a1
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060516 SeaMonkey/1.0.2

-> invalid