Closed Bug 336511 Opened 18 years ago Closed 17 years ago

After about 3 inches of typing the cursor starts covering the last letter typed, gradually making it disappear.

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Message Compose Window
Platform:
PowerPC
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 354497

People

(Reporter: binkie, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3

Then the forward and backward keys omit the invisible letters even though they are there, which makes it impossible to type and email. Sudden problem since last night. Impossible to use Thunderbird therefore. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. type three inches approximately
2. cursor starts to be on top of, rather than after, the last letter
3. letters and spaces become invisible

Spacing problem.

Actual Results:  
see above

Expected Results:  
normal typing
QA Contact: message-compose
I have exactly the same problem, except in Firefox. It appears that all monospaced text is rendered with incorrect width. Making simple corrections in text boxes is infuriatingly difficult. I usually open up a text editor and cut and paste the text in after I am done editing. That it would be so difficult to compose a simple web-based email is bizarre.
Sorry, I think I misreported this -- it's in Firefox, not Thunderbirdd. It's happening right now. It startsts right away, not after 3 inches. Suddenly one day out of this blue, this problem started. It happens with EVERY box you attempt to write a commeeent in. It's amazingly annoying!!!!!!!!
After some additional searching, it appears that this might be a duplicate of
Bug # 354497. Setting the monospace text font to 12 point (rather than what
appears to be the default 13) in the advanced font settings tab box causes the
problem to disappear.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Okay, I'm testing the monospace text font at 12, and it seems to be working. But 12 is small, and it's not what I want, and Firefox never did this before! I remain bummed out ... 
It appears that the bug only appears with monospace font size set to 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17. I did not test at sizes larger than 17. More details at Bug # 354497.
Testing at 14 point -- nope, that first t ( in "that") disappeared. Nob good!
Back at 12 point. Annoying, but at least I can read it.
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