28477 - menus can jump/get stuck when mouse and keyboard are used together

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

this is a rather odd problem; don't think it's the same as bug 28334 since it
doesn't crash/hang the browser, and it only occurs on windows. (found while
using 2000021808 comm bits.)

0. start a new navigator session.
1. dropdown the File menu (need to use the mouse on linux).
2. hit the right arrow key. result: New Navigator Window is selected.
3. hit right arrow key a 2nd time. result: Edit menu flashes, and focus jumps to
and drops down the File menu (New Nav Window is *not* highlighted).
4. hit right arrow key a 3rd time, which highlights New Nav Win. hit it a 4th
time. result: Edit finally menu drops down and Select All is highlighted.
5. hit right arrow a 5th time. result: View menu flashes, and focus jumps to and
drops down the File menu (again, New Nav Window is not highlighted).
6. hit right arrow a 6th time. result: View menu finally appears, with Toolbars
hightlighted.
7. repeat last two steps until you're able to display all of the menus using the
right arrow key. after which, strangely enough, this "every other time" problem
no longer occurs.
8. and i get the same problem when using the left arrow key to cycle through the
menu items the other direction (every other time jumping back to File instead of
the next menu).

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

this isn't a qa blocker --but feel free to remove the beta1 nomination...

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

Attachment: macsbug stack trace, based on 2000021708

Comment 3

[David Hyatt]

This happens if your mouse is in the way sometimes.  Move your mouse away from 
the menus completely, and see if it was the cause.

Comment 4

[David Hyatt]

Just for future reference, XUL is the component for XP menus... not XBL.  :)

Comment 5

[David Hyatt]

This is a mouse problem.  A mouse move is being sent, and it causes the menu 
selection to jump.  We need to suppress this.  Reassigning to pink.

Comment 6

[leger]

Putting on the PDT- radar for beta1.

Comment 7

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

moving to m15

Comment 8

[Paul MacQuiddy]

*IGNORE* - massive spam changing open XPToolkit bug's QA contact to
[e-mail]

Comment 9

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

hyatt -- where is this phantom mouse-move coming from?

since this doesn't appear to happen while the mouse is not in the menubar, this 
is lower priority.

Comment 10

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

*** Bug 32364 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

updating summary.

Comment 12

[Peter Trudelle]

Mass moving M17 bugs to M18

Comment 13

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

*** Bug 37988 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

renominating for beta2. workaround is "*smack* don't do that" but that's kinda 
lame.

Comment 15

[leger]

Putting on [nsbeta2+][6/15] radar.  Is there a way to get off of this hung 
state?

Comment 16

[John Morrison]

I don't see the described behaviour at all on mac/windows/linux. I get 
equivalent to platform-native behaviour on all three platforms.
sairuh -- is this worksforme/fixed?

Comment 17

[Peter Trudelle]

mass-moving all dated nsbeta2+ bugs to M19

Comment 18

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

*spam*: transferring current XP Menu bugs over to jrgm, the new component owner.
feel free to add me to the cc list (unless am the Reporter) of any of these, if
you have any questions/etc.

Comment 19

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

playing with this today on win32 and it behaves exactly like native menus when 
the mouse is moving w/in the menu bar. i don't see it getting "stuck" but it does 
jump when the mouse moves...but native menus do that too.

i'm ready to mark this "invalid", what say you sairuh?

Comment 20

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

i no longer see the wacky behavior i originally encountered (winNT or linux).
feel free to mark wfm... :-)

Comment 21

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

wfm

Comment 22

[John Morrison]

verified wfm.