277264 - Setting type on textbox causes multiline attribute to be ignored

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Tony Goold]

Observed using Firefox 1.0 on Mac OS X and Windows, adding the attribute type='timed' to a textbox 
element with multiline='true' causes the textbox to display as a single line with no vertical scrolling.

Comment 1

[Tony Goold]

Attachment: Testcase comparing textboxes

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

xul.css has:

610 textbox[multiline="true"] {
611   -moz-binding: url("chrome://global/content/bindings/textbox.xml#textarea");
612 }
627 textbox[type="timed"] {
628   -moz-binding:
url("chrome://global/content/bindings/textbox.xml#timed-textbox");
629 }

Apparently we simply do not support timed multiline textboxes.  Should we?

Comment 3

[[e-mail]]

I don't think it makes sense to have multiline timed textboxes; the "Enter" key
has a special meaning to text areas. In fact, I don't like the multiline="true"
syntax, it's too confusing. I'd prefer <textbox type="multiline"/>.

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

So is this invalid, wontfix, or a bug on changing the syntax?  ;)

Comment 5

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