293712 - When selecting the text "y.", as the selection passes over the 'y', the text shifts

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[yury.sobolev]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050405 Firefox/1.0 (Ubuntu package 1.0.2)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050405 Firefox/1.0 (Ubuntu package 1.0.2)

When selecting the text "y." from the left, the part after the 'y' will shift to
the right as the 'y' is selected. This can be accomplished by selecting the text
with either the mouse or keyboard. The text will shift back when the period is
selected.
A similar thing happens if the text is selected from the right, except this
time, selecting the period causes the shift.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Find a page with "y." (see site provided)
2. Start selecting from the left and pass over the 'y'
Actual Results:  
The text to the right of the 'y' shifts to the right.

Expected Results:  
The software should have continued selecting text without shifting it.

Comment 1

[Steve England [:stevee]]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050509
Firefox/1.0.4
WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050511
Firefox/1.0+ ID:2005051100

Comment 2

[Hiro]

wfm.

Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; ja-JP; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050512
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
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Comment 4

[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.