281663 - Spellchecker: incorrect handling of space after last word

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Raanan Barzel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050204 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: TB version 1.0 (20041206) &  version 0.6+ (20050208)

When the last word - followed by a space - is replaced by the spellchecker, the
following space is removed and the space bar needs to be activated twice to
reinsert the space.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. In Thunderbird, click on Write and move cursor to the message text area.
2. write "I am lookin " - with a space following 'lookin'
3. activate the spellcheker (Ctrl+k)
4. click Replace (with 'looking')
5. click close


Actual Results:  
The word 'lookin' is replaced by 'looking' and the cursor (caret) is next to the
letter 'g' of 'looking'. The original space is lost.

Now activate the space bar once: nothing happens. Type again, a space is inserted.


Expected Results:  
The space which was present in the original text should have been kept, and the
cursor positioned to its right.

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
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Comment 3

[Shaun Cummins]

I have found this bug on the latest build for Linux as well. Here is how I produced the bug:

Create a new message and type the following in the body:
'This is a tst ' (without the quotes)

Then right-click on tst and replace with test. After typing a period I type a space which has now effect. The next space works though.