355413 - Bug with input boxes, javascript and caret position

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

This came from Hendrix:
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.feedback/browse_thread/thread/b2e15a2cac55408f/8c288c4589edf313#8c288c4589edf313

"
I'm doing this through here, since I have no idea how to submit a bug
properly into bugzilla.

So here is the thing:
A couple of months ago I made a website, which is now being tested, and
I get a lot of negative reactions about the login form, because the
caret isn't visible when you give the input boxes the focus.
The problem only occurs in Firefox, not in IE, not in Opera. And if I
remembered correctly (I don't have any other earlier versions installed
at the moment), the problem is only there since version 1.5, in 1.0 it
behaved correctly.
You can view the site over here:
http://dotnet22099.combell.net/RIS.Web/

I already made an minimal testcase of that, you can find it over here:
http://pieterhoste.be/firefox_bugs/caret_position_incorrect_when_hidi...

So, my question is if this is an already known bug, and if it is still
possible to fix before the release of Firefox 2.0?

Thanks a lot!

Browser Details: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061002 BonEcho/2.0 
"

I'll attach the testcase to the bug.
This regressed between 2005-06-28 and 2005-06-29:
http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsquery.cgi?treeid=default&module=all&branch=HEAD&branchtype=match&dir=&file=&filetype=match&who=&whotype=match&sortby=Date&hours=2&date=explicit&mindate=2005-06-28+10&maxdate=2005-06-29+08&cvsroot=%2Fcvsroot
I think it might be a regression from bug 293504.

Comment 1

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Attachment: testcase

Comment 2

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

not going to block 1.8.1.1 since this regressed well before 1.8

nominating for 1.9 though

Comment 3

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

Works for me on trunk. Anyone able to reproduce?

Comment 4

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-5, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Minusing since it doesn't seem to be present on trunk; please renominate if that's not the case.

Comment 5

[Uri Bernstein]

On trunk I see a different problem with the testcase: If you reload (but not shift-reload!) the page, the text disappears from the input box. Clicking the input box at this point has no visual effect, but typing any character reveals the  hidden text. After doing this, I need to reload twice to produce the problem again.

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.9a3pre) Gecko/20070308 Minefield/3.0a3pre

Comment 6

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

I'm still seeing the bug, using:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a3pre) Gecko/20070309 Minefield/3.0a3pre
So renominating, because comment 4 said so.

Comment 7

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

I still don't see this on trunk, on Mac. Could it be Windows only? That would be surprising.

Comment 8

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Worksforme with current trunk build with the testcase and url.