315904 - Title tag tooltips display after mouse has moved off

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[james.d.baker]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051025 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051025 Firefox/1.5

On some javascript enhanced forms, such as the Quick Reply boxes on vBulleting forums, the title tag tooltip for the WYSIWYG controls displays for a long time even after the mouse has moved away from the image.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to a forum running vBulletin, and go into a thread with Quick Reply enabled (will need to be logged in)
2. Move your mouse over a WYSIWYG control until a tooltip appears
3. Move your mouse away from the control, and the tooltip remains visible for a couple of seconds before disappearing

Actual Results:  
Title tag tooltip stayed visible after the mouse was moved away

Expected Results:  
Title tag tooltip should have disappeared when the mouse moved off the image

Comment 1

[Stephan Fuhrmann]

I can confirm this (FF 1.5.0.5), it works even without Javascript.

A elements with title attribute will leave their title-tooltip on the screen if you switch virtual screens on XFCE/Linux.

DIV elements with title attribute the same.

Scenario to reproduce:

1.) go to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luckenwalde
2.) Press CTRL
3.) Move mouse over the blue image at the right until tooltip comes up
4.) now press F1/F2 etc to switch virtual desk top (in combination with CTRL pressed before)
5.) tool tip will be on new virtual screen

Comment 2

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 2? If not, can you please close this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Comment 3

[james.d.baker]

Yes, the problem is still occurring in the latest official release (Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4)

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

does this fail on trunk?
xref bug Bug 347253, bug 311558, bug 344492 
any dupes?

Comment 5

[mitch gart]

Still seeing this in Firefox 3.0.5.  
I'm debugging Flex applications running in Firefox.
When the debugger hits a breakpoint, the Firefox tooltip stays active and covers up part of my debugger screen.  It essentially stays there forever, as long as the debugger is at a breakpoint.  It's really annoying.

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.