211702 - Autocomplete field can become locked on screen, even when focus leaves the field

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 206377

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Chris]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6

I'm a quick typer.  If I enter a two or three digit number in a text field, and
autocomplete then opens one matching value (I enter 24, then 24 opens in
autocomplete as the only possible continuation), by moving my mouse over the
autocomplete value before clicking on the next field I can lock the autocomplete
field in place for a seemingly indeterminate amount of time.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Previously have done a search, so precisely one set of autocomplete values exists
2. Close and re-open browser, and return to search again (site needs to forget
your search prefs)
3. Enter the same value in a numerical field (age range, area code, etc)
4. Move the mouse over the autocomplete field that appears, which will be the
same as the number you just entered
5. Click on the next field
Actual Results:  
The auto-complete field remains on screen, and when the page scrolls the field
does not.  The auto-complete field will appear over whatever you try to cover it
with, unless you cause a screen refresh, until auto-complete is called to
function again.

Expected Results:  
Auto-complete field should have closed when the focus left the field it was
attached to.

This probably has to do with the fact I finished entering the data first, and
then the auto-complete took effect.  I haven't yet tested to see if it happens
with letters, because I don't have any auto-complete entries with only two or
three letters, but I have a hard time believing it's contained to numerical entries.

Comment 1

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Almost certainly a duplicate of bug 206377. Get a new build and start it with a
fresh profile (by calling mozillafirebird.exe -p and then creating a new profile).

If this does not resolve this, please reopen.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 206377 ***

Comment 2

[Chris]

Profile is fresh.  I did some further testing, to help isolate:

Not related to length of entry, I'd just woken up and wasn't thinking quite
rationally.

Only happens for me when I go to open a dropdown menu.  Highlight something in
the autocomplete, click on the down arrow to open the dropdown, and the system
hiccups.  Nothing seems to happen, but the auto-complete box is now locked on
screen until it's called for again.

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Here's what I think:

When the autocomplete is highlighted, that's where focus is.  When I click the
arrow to open the dropdown menu, the opening arrow doesn't claim focus, and yet
I can now scroll through the list.  The autocomplete doesn't realize this, and
so doesn't remove itself from the screen.  If I'm right, the simple fix is to
make sure clicking that arrow claims focus (or sets focus to nowhere, or something).

Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Chris, the build you are using is from the timeframe that bug 206377 was
replicated under, ,and after 0601 this could not be replicated.  Please download
a current build, not just a new profile and provide the UA string if you are
going to reopen this.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 206377 ***

Comment 4

[Chris]

Alright, sorry about that

Comment 5

[David P James]

Taking QA and mass verification of dupe, invalid and wontfix autocomplete bugs.
Sorry for the bugspam.