305102 - Make it easier to drag-select in a narrow SELECT

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, enhancement)

Description

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Make it easier to drag-select in a narrow SELECT.

It seems scrolling only occurs when the mouse is directly above or below
the SELECT. I think this makes it hard to select in narrow SELECTs and I don't
see any reason why we shouldn't extend the selection (and possibly scroll)
also when the mouse is to the left or right of the control.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. load the attached testcase
2. scroll the SELECT to about the middle
3. click on an item and drag-select up/down while keeping the mouse within
   the horizontal boundaries of the SELECT - this should work, now move
   the mouse slightly to the left or right while doing the same

ACTUAL RESULTS
scrolling and selection stops

EXPECTED RESULTS
scrolling and selection should work as when the mouse is within the
horizontal boundaries of the control

PLATFORMS & BUILDS TESTED
Bug occurs in SeaMonkey 2005-08-15-17 on Linux

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See Opera 8 on Linux for desired behaviour

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Attachment: Testcase #1

Comment 2

[Frankie]

This seems to be normal behavior for most browsers (except Opera, perhaps).