338197 - object:text-changed:deleted events do not show deleted characters

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 390414

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[parente]

Type http://www.mozilla.org into the address bar. Then navigate to the end of the string and start pressing backspace. Events are as follows:

object:text-changed:delete(22, 1, )[None, text]
object:text-caret-moved(21, 0, None)[None, text]
object:text-changed:delete(21, 1, )[None, text]
object:text-caret-moved(20, 0, None)[None, text]
...

The delete events are not reporting the actual character deleted. The same behavior is evident if deletes are done in the middle of the string or if delete is used instead of backspace. The events should read:

object:text-changed:delete(22, 1, g)[None, text]
object:text-caret-moved(21, 0, None)[None, text]
object:text-changed:delete(21, 1, r)[None, text]
object:text-caret-moved(20, 0, None)[None, text]
...

If it'll help, I'll attach a Python test script showing exactly what happens. A simpler solution is to use at-poke and watch the events from gedit.

Comment 1

[parente]

I should have pointed out that nearly all object:text-changed:delete events from gail do include the deleted characters so there is precedent for including them.

Comment 2

[Aaron Leventhal]

Joanie, this can be closed as fixed because of Surkov's recent fix, correct?

Comment 3

[Aaron Leventhal]

Well, please reopen if they aren't working. I believe that is what Surkov just fixed.

Duping to the bug where he did the work.