274047 - quicksearch - after <enter>, mouse-click doesn't place cursor

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 252352

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[ajpalm]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Using thunderbird 1.0 and when I use the quicksearch and search for say 'caar'
and press enter to search. I really wanted to search for 'car', now the 'caar'
is highlighted in blue, and using the mouse I can't click in the test to insert
the cursar to make a edit. I have to use the arrow keys to move to were I want
to go.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type 'caar' in quickfind box
2. Press Enter
3. Try to click anywhere in the word to edit the text
4. You can't!

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
Inserted the cursar where I clicked so I can edit the text

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Huh; this is true.  Reproduced with TB 1.0, Win2K.  I'm curious if this is also 
seen under Linux or Mac.

Workaround: use the keyboard to place the cursor -- focus is on the field; home, 
end, and arrows will work.  Or simply type in the preferred string.

Even better workaround: don't press Enter!  Quicksearch is active on a per-
keystroke basis.  (Usually -- I've occasionally seen it require <enter> to 
perform the search, but that's a different bug.)

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Bug 283961 is about this same problem under the suite.  As noted in that bug, 
there are other ways to get into this state -- for instance, click in a 
different window, or minimize the window and then restore.

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Fix is in for TB at the dupe, maybe for the suite too.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 252352 ***