369586 - Firefox 2.0 removes whitespace in input values

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 243709

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Dhanush]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

My code :
<script  language="JavaScript">
function display(obj)
{
 alert(obj.value + " is the value");
}
</script>
<input id="test" value="0          " type="text" onClick="javascript:display(this)">

Issue : The "test" text box value is zero and two tabs. When I click on the text box, it should display "0           is the value", but it is displaying "0 is the value". The Firefox 2.0 removes the right side whitespace.  It is working fine in Firefox 1.5 and IE6.

Please let me know how to fix this issue.

Thanks in advance.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a html file using the code and run it in Firefox 2.0
2.Click on the text box
3.It displays "0 is the value", instead of "0           is the value" (0 with two tabs)
Actual Results:  
Alert Message displays "0 is the value" (0 with out two tabs)

Expected Results:  
Alert Message should display "0           is the value" (0 with two tabs)

The whitespaces in input value should not be removed.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a2pre) Gecko/20070206 Minefield/3.0a3pre

I'm experiencing the opposite: In Firefox 1.5 there are no spaces but I do see them in Firefox 2.0. You're not confusing browsers?
Screenshot: http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7503/valuesk3.png

Comment 2

[Dhanush]

Hi Ria,

  Thank you for your reply.  

  The value that I am trying to display is having two tabs. The Tab space is not getting displayed in Firefox version 2.0.  In other browsers (Firefox 1.5 and IE6), it is working fine.

  While copy pasting the code, please remove the space next to "0" and press tab twice to reproduce the issue.

Thanks.

Comment 3

[Dhanush]

Hi Ria,

  Thank you for your reply.  

  The value that I am trying to display is having two tabs. The Tab space is
not getting displayed in Firefox version 2.0.  In other browsers (Firefox 1.5
and IE6), it is working fine.

  While copy pasting the code, please remove the space next to "0" and press
tab twice to reproduce the issue.

Thanks.

Comment 4

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

I'm afraid I don't understand the problem so I can't help you further.
One thing is sure: Firefox -> General are definitely not the right product and component for this bug.
The right product is Core and here you can see a list of components for Core: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Core
If you know the right component first change the product in the select box to Core and click Commit.
Then change the product to the right one. The right people then will read your bug.  

Comment 5

[Dhanush]

Hi Ria,

This is similar to the Bug 243709. But in that they haven't mentioned how they solved it.  

The JSP writes the aboue html code and the input value is separated by the two Tabs (<%="0\t\t"%>). When the tab is in the right side of the input value then it does not work fine.  The Tab spaces are removed by the Firefox 2.0. It works fine in Firefox 1.5.

Thanks.

Comment 6

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#h-6.2 - the value of an <input type="text"> is CDATA, so all newlines and tabs are supposed to be collapsed to single spaces. You're trying to make it do something it's not supposed to do.