397891 - XUL widgets don't display long strings properly

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 257660

(Core Graveyard :: GFX, defect)

Description

[Tom Aratyn]

When I try to display a (super) long string in a xul widget (textbox, label, or any xbl binding which uses labels or textboxes) then it doesn't display properly. The best description I can give is that the text seems to wrap itself over itself on the same line. See attachment for example. 

While long strings like this are not common, they are not unknown and are commonly used for things like maintaining view state in ASP.NET.

expected results:
text should be displayed as one long line in a textbox and label.

actual results:
text seems "wrap itself over itself on the same line".

experianced on: 

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20061201 Firefox/2.0.0.6 (Ubuntu-feisty)

Comment 1

[Tom Aratyn]

Attachment: XUL file showing bug.

Comment 2

[Tom Aratyn]

Works fine in Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.7) Gecko/20070914 Firefox/2.0.0.7

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Works fine for me. Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007092604 Minefield/3.0a9pre.

This is likely a dupe of one of the bugs in the bug 302294 dependency list.

Comment 4

[[e-mail] (:bhearsum)]

Confirmed on Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.7) Gecko/20070914 Firefox/2.0.0.7

Looks similar to 295769 (which is marked as PC:Linux)