341308 - Tilde (~) key broken when using German keyboard layout

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Widget: Win32, defect)

Description

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

To reproduce:
1. Try to enter the tilde sign on a keyboard with German keyboard layout

Note that SeaMonkey/FF/TB ignores your tilde keypress and the sign will not appear on screen.

This regressed between 2006-06-05-09 and 2006-06-06-10. So it's probably a regression from Bug 339723 (it fits in the regression timeframe around that day). I don't know if the patch in that bug will fix this bug here.

The keyboard test page outputs this in a build before the main patch from Bug 339723:
1) keydown charCode=0 keyCode=61 character=| modifiers=Ctrl+Alt
2) keypress charCode=126 keyCode=0 character=|~|
3) keyup charCode=0 keyCode=61 character=| modifiers=Ctrl+Alt

In a build with the patch (so the nightly from 2006-06-06):
1) keydown charCode=0 keyCode=107 character=|
2) keypress charCode=43 keyCode=0 character=|+| modifiers=Ctrl+Alt
3) keyup charCode=0 keyCode=107 character=|

Comment 1

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

You can get the tilde sign by typing AltGr+ (the plus key, so +). AltGr should be the same as Ctrl+Alt, but only some platforms it seems. See http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~tphillip/GermanKeyboardLayout.html for a description/picture of the German keyboard layout.

Comment 2

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

The latest patch of bug 339723 fixes this bug too.

Comment 3

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

probably, this is fixed by the additional patch of bug 339723.
please check it.

-> FIXED

Comment 4

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

Oops, the tree is closed now, I backed-out the patch.

Comment 5

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

re-checked-in.

-> FIXED

Comment 6

[R.K.Aa.]

Seems it is broken again? Filed bug 385364