296089 - No feedback when text not found on some pages when using Find dialog box

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[TT]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217 Mnenhy/0.7.2.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217 Mnenhy/0.7.2.0

On some web pages, when I try to find text using the Find dialog box (Ctrl-F or
Edit->Find In This Page), I get no feedback when the text is not found.  By "no
feedback", I mean that the status bar stays blank.  In fact, the Find dialog box
itself doesn't go away.  It just sits there while I keep clicking on the "Find"
button.  I have to manually dismiss that dialog box.

If I press Ctrl-G, absolutely nothing happens.

The interesting this is that this problem SOMETIMES goes away if I use the
find-as-you-type feature.  If I use find-as-you-type, and then press Ctrl-F to
bring up a dialog box, then sometimes it works works as normal.  However, the
problem always comes back if I reload the page.

The URL above is just one page that has this problem.  I'll post other pages
with this problem as I continue to find them.  I've been experiencing this
problem for a long time, but I'm only now making the effort to report it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make sure "Find As You Type" (Advanced -> Keyboard Navigation) is enabled,
and "Any text in the page" is selected.  I also have "Clear the current search
after a few seconds of inactivity" checkmarked.
2. Display the page above
3. Press Ctrl-F to bring up the Find dialog box
4. Type in some random text, like "askdjsdfkgsadfkjsfgjk"
5. Press Enter.  You'll see that nothing happens.  The Find dialog box is still
there and the status bar is blank.
6. Click on the Find button.  You'll see the button itself responds to the
click, but the dialog box stays and nothing else happens.
7. Dismiss the Find dialog box by clicking on "Cancel" on pressing the Escape
button.

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

WFM with Mozilla 1.8b1 and Mozilla 1.8b2/20050529, I get an alert with 'The text
you entered was not found.'.

Comment 2

[TT]

I downloaded the latest nightly and it works for me too.  I guess this bug has
already been fixed.

Comment 3

[Felix Miata]

A bug is not "fixed" unless marked so by someone who has provided some bug patch.