30806 - text in textfields doesn't paint properly

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P3)

Description

[sarnold]

When text is too long to fit into textfields (html forms as in google's search
bar, as well as the URL address bar) it does .. strange things.

To reproduce, give focus to the address bar (or google.com search field) and
hold down a key on the keyboard, such as "A", until nearing the end of the
field. Then switch to, "B" say, and watch the way the text handles.

Similar results can be had by attempting to delete the text by hitting "END" and
holding "BACKSPACE". If it makes a single-line text entry widget scroll, it is
broke afaik.

I am using a fairly recent CVS build (sometime in march, I am sorry I forgot the
exact date I hatched it..)

I first noticed this when cut'n'pasting URLs into the address bar -- because the
cut and paste bug isn't fixed yet, I have to "end" "backspace" (or "home" "del",
which works much better :) to remove the second copy, and cannot tell how far in
the process of deleting I am as a result of this bug.. A bit annoying, to say
the least. :)

I am using CVS build of mozilla made sometime in the first week of march,
probably around the fifth. I don't know for sure. I am running xfree86 3.3.5 on
both computers -- I run mozilla on one and $DISPLAY it on the other. The
computer running mozilla is linux 2.0.36, the computer displaying mozilla is
2.2.13, both have glibc version 2.1.3.

HTH, thanks :)

Comment 1

[Peter Trudelle]

Those aren't XPToolkit widgets; changing component to editor, reassigning.

Comment 2

[rubydoo123]

using the build from 6 APR, on win95 I can't get any odd behavior to occur, I 
will try this out on mac and on linux to see if I can reproduce this. This is 
what I did:
1. launch mozilla
2. deleted text in the URL bar
3. entered 40-50 "a" -- just to the left of the far right edge of the visible 
URL text field
4. entered 30-40 "b"

no odd repaint behavior occurred, even when scrolling through the text field.

Comment 3

[sarnold]

I haven't seen this bug in the last few days -- I rebuilt my CVS on April 4th,
and it seems it might now be fixed. :) This is good. :)

Thanks

Comment 4

[Kathleen :Brade]

I am resolving this as fixed based on comments by beppe and sarnold.

[e-mail]--if you see this problem reappear, please reopen this bug.  
Thanks!

Comment 5

[sujay]

verified in 4/7 build.


sarnold please reopen if you see this problem again.