283290 - Text areas and text boxes display a different kind of caret when java script arrays contain international characters.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Pratheep]

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

We have functionality in our application where we display values in a drop down
which are of non-english international characters based on the language choice
made in another drop down. The caret inside the text area and the text boxes of
the JSP page looks different than the normal ones. This is not breaking any
functionality but gives a weird user experience. 

I will not be able to give access to the site because it is not accessible from
outside. I am also not able to attach a screen shot since the tracker does not
have an option to upload files.

Note that the issue is only with Netscape, Mozilla and Firefox browsers. The JSP
pages are on an Apache Tomcat server over Unix Operating System. This issue is
not replicable on Windows Operating System.

Any workable resolution would be appreciated.

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
The caret should be displayed in a normal manner.

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Please make a small example file that demonstrates the problem and upload it
to the bug report using this link:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?bugid=283290&action=enter

Comment 2

[Pratheep]

Attachment: The attached zip file contains 3 images and the names would reflect the same. I am not able to get the file in a text format because the all editors convet the international characters into junk.

The attached zip file contains 3 images. 
1. Cursor with issue
2. Cursor without any issue
3. The generated script having international characters.

I tried saving the sharable code with the international characters but was not
able to get the file in a text format because the international characters were
converted into junk. Hope this helps in identifying the issue.

Comment 3

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

This is for rtl textarea's (textarea's that have dir="rtl" set), so this is
probably not a bug.

Comment 4

[Pratheep]

Yes. We use dir="rtl" when language is Arabic and default dir="ltr" otherwise. 
I tried to remove all usage of "dir" but was able to see the same issue with 
the caret.

My second thought is, why should the caret display in a normal form when the 
server is on the Windows Operating System and different otherwise? 

I still feel that the caret should be displayed in a normal form.

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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