212503 - Can't type into To/Subject lines if I delete a recipient address line

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Jure Repinc (JLP)]

I am using Mozilla nightly 2003071108 on Windows XP with SP1. There is a problem
entering anything into To/CC/BCC... and Subject lines after you delete a line of
To/CC/BCC.. with backspace. This is also a problem in 1.4 final. There is a
workaround for this. If you click into mail body and then into To/CC/BCC/Subject
line then you can type in text normaly.

Reproducable: always

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open New mail Compose window
2. Enter some To address
3. Press Enter to cause Mozilla to add another line for To e-mail address
4. Press backspace to delete this line
5. Click in Subject line or click under first To e-mail address line and try
typing something in

Actual results:
You can't type anything into Subject or To/CC/BCC lines. The carrest doesn't
even appear there.

Expected results:
Typing into these fields should work as normal.

Comment 1

[Jure Repinc (JLP)]

I just installed Mandrake Linux 9.2 Beta 1 which has Mozilla 1.4 packaged with
it and it seams to work fine here. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US;
rv:1.4) Gecko/20030630. So this could be just a windows problem or this started
in a later build.

Comment 2

[Jure Repinc (JLP)]

I just tried with build 2003072722 on Linux and the bug is here too

Comment 3

[Garth Almgren]

I've noticed this too in several nightlies lately (currently running 2003080204
WinXP). 

I stumbled across this bug when I replied to a crossposted news article and I
tried to remove all but the relevant newsgroups. Basically, almost the same
procedure as the original steps to reproduce. I clicked on the icon next to the
group I wanted to remove (to highlight the group's name), hit delete once to get
rid of the group name, deleted again to get rid of the line. Tried to click on
the next group's icon, but I couldn't do anything in the recipients pane until I
had clicked the focus elsewhere (like in the body). Annoying... Wish I knew how
to fix it. :(

Comment 4

[Jason House]

I am running windows XP and am using Mozilla 1.5 alpha.
I have encountered this same bug.

I have also noticed one extra item that might be of use to a debugger...  When
this problem is occuring, if I click one line below a recipient (as if I was
going to add a new one), a new "To:" entry appears, but I still can't edit it. 
I've also noticed that if I try to highlight text, when I finally do get to
being able to edit it, the text does flash once as if it was highlighted and
quickly unhighlighted (even partial highlight attempts will cause only part of
the text to appear highlighted).  Somehow, it appears that the GUI is receiving
and caching mouse click events but is not processing them right away...

Can anybody verify this on a unix box?  Maybe even try the middle click pasting?

I hope this extra info is helpful in debugging.

Comment 5

[sujai kumar]

Exact same problem. This seemed fine in the previous major release (1.4). Am
using Build 2003071814.

Comment 6

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

I think this is fixed (dupe of bug 215169)? Can you all test with a current
build please?

Comment 7

[Jure Repinc (JLP)]

I tried with build 2003091704 on Windows XP and it seams to be fixed here. I'll
try in Linux later.

Comment 8

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

mscott says that this is indeed a dupe of a fixed bug. 

Comment 9

[Scott MacGregor]

someone can dupe this if they want but for now closing as WFM. This is fixed in
the trunk and in thunderbird and in moz 1.5