211975 - random highlighting in form text input on ctrl-tab

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect)

Description

[Clarence Risher]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4; MultiZilla v1.4.0.4A) Gecko/20030529
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4; MultiZilla v1.4.0.4A) Gecko/20030529

When I am typing in a text box, like the one I am typing in right now to submit
this bug, and I ctrl-tab or alt-tab out of the window the input box loses focus.
When I click back in the box to give it focus so I can begin typing again
sometimes Mozilla highlights a random section of text.  To un-highlight it I
have to manually drag over it (to truly highlight it again) then click
elsewhere.  I am not able to reproduce it always, but it seems to happen more
with very long inputs, on the order of 200+ lines.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  type in text box
2.  change window focus away then back
3.  click in text box to refocus it

Actual Results:  
random text highlighted (but not really selected)

Expected Results:  
just give the text box its focus back

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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