269112 - Text insert cursor is two wide and two lixels to the left

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Thomas Everth]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

When editing text in this window right here and also in Thunderbird (compose
message) the I beam text insert cursor is to wide (two pixels) and is sitting
two lixels to the left from where it belongs. This makes text editing,
especially in smaller fonts like verdana 12 etc. a real pain. I find it hard to
comprehend that after 20 years or so for graphical GUI experience something so
simple can get so wrong in these otherwise great products. Please correct as
soon as possible as otherwise your products are a pain to type a lot of text
with.... 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:  
The text insert cursor should be one pixel wide and placed correctly!

Comment 1

[Scott MacGregor]

always add a build ID when filing bugs.

Comment 2

[Thomas Everth]

Attachment: Gif file shoing cursor misplacement after typing last character

This image shows the display of the text insert cursor after typing the letter
"l" at the end of "Hello Worl". The cursor is to wide and to far to the left!

Comment 3

[Thomas Everth]

Attachment: Placement of cursor when editing the word

This image shows the placement of the cursor after finishing typing "Hello
World" and placing the cursor before the "l" in "World". Now the cursor is to
far to the right. In the image here the insertion point is actually before the
"l"!
Combined with the misplacement of the cursor as in the example before, where it
is to far to the left, makes using Thunderbird to edit or type text a real Pain
indeed!
Unless this is not fixed the usefulness of Thunderbird is VERY LIMITED indeed
and I will have to revert to OE or Outlook for my communications. 
The same problem arrises not only with Thunderbird but also when filling out
text form fields in Firefox where you seem to use the same editing engine with
the same oversized and misplaced cursor. Why??????

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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

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Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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