216529 - email address autocomplete: currently selected entry should be highlighted in list box

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Calum Mackay]

[Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2a (20030818); problem does not occurs in mailnews, same
build]

When using email address auto-complete, and scrolling through the list of
suggested addresses, the currently selected address is not highlighted in the
list box.

In more detail:

o begin to type in an address field; up pops the auto-complete box, with a list
of suggested addresses.

o Use the down-arrow to move the selection down through the list.

o Note that none of the entries in the list are highlighted. The list box will
start to scroll when we reach the bottom, but the "current" entry isn't highlighted.

In mailnews, the current entry is highlighted in the list box, and for some
reason this makes it much easier to see what you're choosing. It's ab
ease-of-use thing.

I'm using a gtk2/xft build.

Comment 1

[Calum Mackay]

Attachment: autocomplete box in mailnews

This snapshot shows mailnews's autocomplete box, with the current entry
highlighted.

Comment 2

[Calum Mackay]

Attachment: autocomplete box in thunderbird

This snapshot shows thunderbird's autocomplete box; note that the current entry

is not highlighted.

Comment 3

[Peter Harvey]

Also confirmed on Solaris/SPARC, Thunderbird 0.2a (20030812).

Comment 4

[Scott MacGregor]

fixed. I had this in my windows builds but never checked it in for mac and linux.

Comment 5

[Calum Mackay]

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