229027 - Combo, list, and drop down boxes default selection cannot be seen when background color inverted

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: GFX: Win32, defect)

Description

[Jose Rey]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208

Combo boxes appear white, and the text cannot be read when the background is set
to black and text to white.  When a drop down box is selected, the selections
can be seen, but if the combo box is set as a list, only the selection can be seen.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Edit > Preferences
2. Appearance > Colors
3. Set Text to White
4. Set Background to Black
5. "Use system colors" unselected
6. "Use my system colors, ignoring the colors..." selected.
7. Go to this page (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Browser)


Actual Results:  
You wont be able to read any of the combo boxes unless you click (select) them.

Expected Results:  
You should be able to read from the combo boxes without having to select any of
the options.

This is the browser with the BEST flexibility when it comes to setting the
background and text colors.  This is a very important feature for people with
visual disabilities, if this bug is fixed, it will be very close to perfect in
this feature.  Thanks.

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

why is this in file handling?

-> form controls

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Actually, it's an nsITheme bug, so...

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 234364 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
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Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.

Comment 6

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

WFM with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2pre) Gecko/20070104 BonEcho/2.0.0.2pre ID:2007010403