23731 - textarea: Should be possible to extend selection with shift-ctrl-arrow

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect, P3)

Description

[s.marshall]

Within a TEXTAREA, it should be possible to extend the current selection using
Shift+Ctrl+LeftArrow or Shift+Ctrl+RightArrow, just as it's possible with
Shift+LeftArrow or Shift+RightArrow.

To reproduce:

1. go to any text area
2. enter some text, like "this is a test"
3. use arrow keys/mouse to place cursor between "a" and the space.
4. press Shift+Ctrl+LeftArrow.

Result: exactly same as if Ctrl+LeftArrow were pressed (ie cursor moves left one
word)

Desired result: "a" should be selected; if you repeat the keypress then "is a"
should be selected; if you repeat again then "this is a" should be selected.

Comment 1

[s.marshall]

*** Bug 23732 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[s.marshall]

Sorry for double-submit (ie 23732), that was due to a mozilla bug that I can't
reproduce (mouse stopped working to click on button etc, keyboard partially
stopped working, etc.) and when I finally broke out of it somehow, I hit space
twice and ended up submitting twice.

Er, one final note - there is a VERY minor bug (maybe) with selection extension
using shift-arrows.

If you use shift-leftarrow to extend a selection left, and then press the left
arrow key on its own (i.e. to quit making a selection), the cursor appears on
the left of the selection as you'd expect. However, if you use shift-leftarrow,
and then exit the selection with the RIGHT arrow key, the cursor ends up at the
RIGHT of the selection.  Windows native behaviour would be for the cursor to end
up near where you were extending it, i.e. near the left of the extended
selection, rather than at the right, whichever key you use to stop making the
selection.

Comment 3

[karnaze (gone)]

Reassigning to Steve.

Comment 4

[rubydoo123]

talked with buster about this one. This works in Composer -- meaning
shift+Ctrl+arrow, but it does not work in browser. However, in the browser,
ctrl+arrow key works and shift+arrow key works. The combination of
shift+ctrl+arrow key does not.

Assigning to Mike to see if it may be related to something he has, otherwise
this will need to go over to xpfe for more lower level keybinding work.

Comment 5

[mjudge]

this is working properly. there is no keyboard extension selection in browser

Comment 6

[bsharma]

Updating QA contact.

Comment 7

[luis rincon]

Verified build 2001080708 os:linux7.1,winNT,win98

Comment 8

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by ffxbld-merge:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/eaf815a2deda
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