312436 - Arabic characters with accelerators aren't shaped

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Layout: Text and Fonts, defect)

Description

[Ayman Hourieh]

Hello,

Arabic characters with accelerators are displayed as if they were single
characters, and are not joined with the characters around them, it only happens
in some GUI contols.

Some GUI elements like buttons are behaving correctly, while labels in
preferences, radiobuttons, and checkboxes aren't, from what I've seen in the
Arabic 1.5 beta 2 build.

I guess this is an underlying problem in Gecko, but I don't know exactly so I
filed it here.

I'll attach 2 images, showing correct behavior for "New window" and "New tab" in
the "File" menu, and wrong behavior in the preferences "Tabs" tab. Notice how
the accelerated character surrounded with a red box is displayed differently in
the 2 images, it's joined in the first image, but not joined with the character
next or previous to it in the second image, although both images have the same
strings, "New window" and "New tab".

I've seen this bug under Linux and Windows, couldn't test under Mac.

I really hope this bug gets fixed before releasing 1.5 final, it makes reading
Arabic text in GUI elements difficult.

Thank you.

Comment 1

[Ayman Hourieh]

Attachment: correct behavior

Correct behavior as seen in menubar.

Comment 2

[Ayman Hourieh]

Attachment: Wrong behavior

Wrong behavior as seen in the "Tabs" tab in preferences.

Comment 3

[Simon Montagu :smontagu]

Attachment: testcase

The menuitem and checkbox labels should appear identical.

Comment 4

[Khaled Hosny]

I just tested the testcase with firefox-3.0a8pre and, unlike firefox-2.0.0.6, the character with accelerator is shaped in both checkbox and the label, so, I guess this bug is fixed now.

Comment 5

[Simon Montagu :smontagu]

WORKSFORME on all platforms.