Closed Bug 21289 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

linux only-regression Typing in a New Card dialog, flashes the text box as you type

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Address Book & Contacts, defect, P3)

HP
Linux

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: esther, Assigned: scottputterman)

References

Details

(Keywords: platform-parity, regression)

Using linux build 1999120808m12, when typing in the text fields of a New Card
for the address book, there is a delay displaying each character and the text
box resizes for each character typed.  Linux only.

1. Launch Messenger
2. Select Address Book from Tasks menu
3. Select an address book and click New Card
4. Start typing in a name

Result: with each character typed there is a delay and resizing of the box
Expected: each character to display immediately and no resizing.
QA Contact: lchiang → esther
Also note: this does not happen in Edit Card, however it takes 16 seconds for
the card to display the existing text entries.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: M13
Target Milestone: M13 → M15
Does this happen in every edit field, or only in the address book? cc'ing beppe.
*** Bug 21737 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Keywords: pp
Keywords: regression
Summary: [PP]linux only-regression Typing in a New Card dialog, flashes the text box as you type → linux only-regression Typing in a New Card dialog, flashes the text box as you type
Buster, Simon: who should own this bug?  Seems like a drawing problem from inside 
of the text widget.
If it's really a drawing problem, it could go to kevin, patrick, or pavlov, 
depending on what's really wrong.  I'd send a query to those three asking them.  
But the part about the control "resizing" bothers me.  If it's really resizing 
(that is, the frame representing the text control is changing size), that would 
indicate a layout problem.  If the visual representation is changing size, as if 
the clipping rect is being changed, then it's not a layout issue (probably.)
If it only happens on linux, that's a pretty good indication it's not a layout 
issue, since frame sizing is nearly 100% XP.  The one portion of frame sizing 
that isn't XP code is font data.  If somehow the font data were being changed, 
the frame might resize.
Mass moving to M17
Target Milestone: M15 → M17
Mass move mailnews bugs to Putterman.  Ouch.
Assignee: hangas → putterman
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Pratik - can you try out this bug report and see if the problem described still 
occurs?
QA Contact: esther → pratikd
Using Build 2000-06-20-08, M17 on LINUX 6.1 
I tried typing something in the text boxes within the Names Tab, it seems to 
works fine. Marking as Fixed. 
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Using Build 2000-06-20-08, M17 on LINUX 6.1 
Verified: Fixed
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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