269403 - Firefox should erase any <cr><lf> pasted into textboxes (not text areas).

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Fernando Vicio]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; es-AR; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041108 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; es-AR; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041108 Firefox/1.0

Firefox should erase any <cr><lf> pasted into textboxes (not text areas).
Browser submits that <cr><lf> even if you don't see it.
If you choose Firefox to save any data typed on forms, it shows a strange ASCII
when you start retyping the text (so it starts to autocompleting with the stored
form data)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Copy any text including a <cr><lf>
2.Paste the text into a text box (not in a text area)
3.Firefox don't show that <cr><lf> but it submits it
If you choose Firefox to save any data typed on forms, it shows a strange ASCII.

Actual Results:  
Browser submits that <cr><lf> even if you don't see it.
If you choose Firefox to save any data typed on forms, it shows a strange ASCII.

Expected Results:  
Browser should erase any <cr><lf> on textboxes before pasting it into them.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.