262400 - insert-Key doesn't switch between insert and override

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 38415

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect)

Description

[andreas]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913

When hitting the 'insert'-key on the keyboard, the input method doesn't switch
to override in textareas.

The 'insert'-key on the keyboard has no functionality.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. enter one line of text into a textarea/field
2. place mouse cursor in middle of line
3. write text -> new text gets inserted at current position
4. press 'insert' on your keyboard
5. write text -> new text still gets inserted, instead of overriding upcoming text

Actual Results:  
Text is always inserted and never overriden in textareas/fields, 'insert'-key
has no functionality.

(While all other keys in this area of the keyboard actually work: end, delete,
home, pgup, pgdown -> all as expected)

Expected Results:  
Hitting the 'insert'-key should toggle between 'insert' and 'override'.

Severity = normal, as all other keys in the same area work, i conclude that this
is a bug.

Even though it's close to an enhancement. - As I don't know if this is a new
issue, or if it exists since the beginning this is rather a bug.

Not minor, as there's no workaround.

Comment 1

[Stefan Borggraefe]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 38415 ***