329515 - Selecting contents of inline element starting with a space adds an extra space

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect)

Description

[Vincent Lefevre]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060226 Debian/1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-3 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060226 Debian/1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-3 Firefox/1.5.0.1

Under some conditions, when the contents of an inline element starting with a space is selected, the space is added to the selection.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. A testcase will be attached. For each test, start selecting at the S.
2. Paste the selection somewhere (e.g. to a terminal) to see the result.
Actual Results:  
For the tests announced as wrong, the selection starts with a space.

Expected Results:  
The selection should always start with the S.

Comment 1

[Vincent Lefevre]

Attachment: 6 selection tests

Comment 2

[Philip Withnall (unavailable)]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060306 Firefox/1.6a1 ID:0000000000
Confirmed.

Comment 3

[Uri Bernstein]

Reproduced with:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060720 Minefield/3.0a1 ID:2006072008

Comment 4

[Uri Bernstein]

Fixed by the new nsTextFrame (bug 367177).