278409 - Auto-complete problems with Character Count script

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[jcaesar]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050113 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050113 Firefox/1.0+

Forms with real-time character counting scripts cause the auto-complete window
to close (unless you constantly cycle through choices). The auto-complete
entries are there but cannot be selected (except by SHIFT + Enter and excellent
timing). Pressing and holding SHIFT will stop and hold an entry during cycling
so it can be deleted or used.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.fill out form several times to have auto-complete entries (SUBJECT field is a
standard and may already have content from previous forms)
2.type a repeat entry or try to select auto-complete
3.

Actual Results:  
auto-complete box kept opening and closing on script-counted fields.
auto-complete functions normally on uncounted (first) field.
auto-complete not used for message text area.

Expected Results:  
MSIE does not auto-complete on the sample webpage.
If auto-complete is "on" for this page, it should work normally.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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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.