241099 - URL address input: chars are duplicated / doubled

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 241447

(SeaMonkey :: Autocomplete, defect)

Description

[Adam Hauner]

2004041809/trunk/W2K, 20040419/trunk/W2K

I have "Autocomplete best match" and "Show list" selected in Preferences.

When I type "www" fast (faster then first suggested URL should appear), Location
Bar will contain "wwwww". If I type "www" slowly (as slow as Autocomplete could
suggest URLs), then "www" will be entered correctly.

IMHO this is regression on trunk after 1.7 branched.

Comment 1

[:deanis74]

If this is the same thing I'm seeing in Firefox, then it's highly visible and
annoying.  This should block the next release.

Comment 2

[Markus Merz]

I can confirm the problem.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a) Gecko/20040425. I saw
it first with Gecko/20040422.
One has to type very slow to get the URL right. Typing cvb in a normal matter
results in cvvbb.

Duplicate of bug 241107?
I recommend severity: critical or blocker

Comment 3

[Adam Hauner]

AFAIK this bug was introduced after 1.7 was branched, so this bug isn't in 1.7
branch. Reseting blocking1.7 status back.

Comment 4

[Markus Merz]

(In reply to comment #3)
> AFAIK this bug was introduced after 1.7 was branched, so this bug isn't in 1.7
> branch. Reseting blocking1.7 status back.

OK. I think you are right.
Please set severity to a higher level. I don't have the privilege for that.

I also recommend to change the summary:
URL address input: chars are duplicated / doubled

It makes the bug easier to find.

Comment 5

[:deanis74]

*** Bug 241107 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Markus Merz]

(In reply to comment #3)
> AFAIK this bug was introduced after 1.7 was branched, so this bug isn't in 1.7
> branch. Reseting blocking1.7 status back.
I Confirm. I crosschecked with
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040426
and the bug is not inside.

Comment 7

[Tyler Arbogast]

I'm also getting this in Firefox. It usually doesn't become evident unless my
cpu load is high or there are a bunch of autocomplete suggestions. (Such as
google.com). Extremely annoying. Makes the browser practically unusable unless
its the only thing running. I haven't been able to use recent dailies because of
this.

Comment 8

[Anders Pedersen]

Confirmed.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a) Gecko/20040426
Firefox/0.8.0+
Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro 5.00.2195 SP4

Comment 9

[PikeUK]

This is also being discussed in Bug 241447, which is newer but has a patch so
marking this as a dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 241447 ***