245307 - Form inputs tend to lose focus, clicking back on them does not bring the focus back

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Timofey Vorobyov]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8a1) Gecko/20040521 via Smart Cache 0.65
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8a1) Gecko/20040521 via Smart Cache 0.65

When I enter HTML form data, sometimes the text cursor disappears from the input
window. The only way to bring it back is to switch to another Mozilla
tab/windowm and then switch back. Occasionally, pressing "Backspace" while
editing text in a textarea results in switching to the previously viewed page.
Select inputs sometimes ignore selection of elements (leave the default value
selected)
This bug did not occur in 1.4x

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open any page with an input form with multiple input fields (such as this one)
2.Start filling in data
3.Click on another text input or selection element

Actual Results:  
Either the text cursor disappears or it is still there, but no text appears upon
typing

Expected Results:  
Focus should switch to the selected element and allow typing in text or
selection of elements

Workaround: switch to another Mozilla tab/window, then switch back. Sometimes it
has to be done several times in order to succeed

Downgrade Mozilla 1.8b to an older build free of this bug ;-)

Comment 1

[Peter Weilbacher]

I just tried typing and backspacing extensively using the forms in this bugzilla
bug and on a webmail site and could not see the behaviour you describe. Do you
see this in a fresh profile, too?
I used both 
Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8a1) Gecko/20040524
and
Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8a2) Gecko/20040605

Comment 2

[Timofey Vorobyov]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I just tried typing and backspacing extensively using the forms in this bugzilla
> bug and on a webmail site and could not see the behaviour you describe. Do you
> see this in a fresh profile, too?
> I used both 
> Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8a1) Gecko/20040524
> and
> Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8a2) Gecko/20040605

It seems that this odd behavior is related to XWorkplace 1.01 installed. After
switching "focus following mouse" and some other focus-related features, it
seems to disappear.

Wfm?

Comment 3

[Peter Weilbacher]

Marking WFM per reporter's comments.