306250 - background color picker setting doesn't go into effect until chars are typed

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Composer, defect)

Description

[John T]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050825 SeaMonkey/1.0a
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050825 SeaMonkey/1.0a

From remarks in bug #289625: It would look better to the user for color settings
including updates of the pickers to go into effect immediately instead of
waiting for chars to be typed, as occurred before bug #289625.

In Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050825
SeaMonkey/1.0a, the text picker is updated immediately on selecting a color. But
the background picker isn't updated until chars are typed, though the actual
background color changes immediately. The background picker should be updated
immediately too.

This is a core editor problem affecting both mail/news editor and the Composer
editor, but this component doesn't seem selectable in bug reporting.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a mail compose window.
2. Click the background color picker.
3. Change the color selection.
Actual Results:  
The background color changes immediately, but the background color picker does
not change until something is typed.

Expected Results:  
The background color picker box should be updated immediately just like the
background is, and like the text color picker box is.

Had a problem sending this. Pardon me if this gets double-posted.

Comment 1

[John T]

Color changes seem to be made immediately in Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98;
en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050910 SeaMonkey/1.0a. 

Comment 2

[John T]

In Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915, there must
be at least one char typed in the body before the background color picker
display is activated.

Comment 3

[John T]

Seems ok in Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050929
SeaMonkey/1.1a

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

WFM per comment 3