285386 - XUL checkboxes with no label attribute still have an empty label area in Windows & don't show focus

Status: NEW

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Derek Davenport]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050308 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050308 Firefox/1.0+

In Windows checkboxes with no label attribute still have an "empty" space next
to them that will even be outlined when the checkbox is focused. In OS X there
is no label space at all. This may affect other elements that can have labels
such as radios.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make checkbox with no label
2. View in Windows
3. View in OS X

Actual Results:  
In Windows there was an "empty" label area.

Expected Results:  
There should have been no label area at all.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Not a DOM issue.  Either XUL, or Windows native theming.

Comment 2

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Comment 3

[[e-mail]]

Should unlabelled checkboxes still show a focus outline?

Comment 4

[Aaron Leventhal]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Should unlabelled checkboxes still show a focus outline?

Absolutely. The focus must always be somehow visible. We do make one exception
for docs/subdocs in HTML.

Comment 5

[Derek Davenport]

Right now only the label is outlined when focused. Perhaps the focus outline
should encompas the checkbox itself, too. Then when you remove the label it just
shows the outline around the checkbox.

Comment 6

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Attachment: Testcase #1 (same as URL but with an added stylesheet)

Comment 7

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Results for Testcase #1 

SeaMonkey trunk 2006072101 on SuSE Linux with KDE 3.4: 
  Modern Theme, View->Default Style:
    focus outline around the box and check mark appears (x-shaped)
  Modern Theme, View->No Style:
    focus outline around the box and check mark appears (x-shaped)
  Classic Theme, View->Default Style:
    NO focus outline, but check mark appears (x-shaped)
  Classic Theme, View->No Style:
    NO focus outline and NO check mark

SeaMonkey debug build on older SuSE Linux run with remote X display:
  Modern Theme (exactly as Modern above)
  Classic Theme, View->Default Style:
    A focus outline appears to the right of the box (around the empty label),
      check mark appears (v-shaped)
  Classic Theme, View->No Style:
    NO focus outline and NO check mark (I see a grey area lighting up when
     :active)

Comment 8

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

As far as I can tell there is no focus/tabbing problem here,
the missing focus outline/check mark is a theme or style problem.

Comment 9

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

Attachment: Testcase #2

Also happens in a grid with Firefox 2.0.0.4 and a firefox trunk nightly. See attached testcase.