402374 - Change of display behavior: in Gmail, changing thread or message selection no longer scroll the window.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Bill Nyden]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9

Change in behavior appeared with upgrade to 2.0.0.9.

Previous behavior: when changing selection of thread on inbox or label page with "j" and "k", the display would scroll to keep the selection in view.
Now: no scrolling without mouse on scroll bar or use of up and down keys.

Previous behavior: when selecting a message within a thread with "n" and "p", the (open) selected message would move to the top of the window.
Now: no display movement without using mouse or up and down keys.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login to gmail
2. Move selection caret with "j" and "k"
3. Select a message thread (conversation)
4. Move selection caret with "n" and "p"
Actual Results:  
No automatic scrolling.

Expected Results:  
Window will scroll to keep caret in view (2).
Window will scroll to move the selected message to the top of the window (4).

Comment 1

[Bill Nyden]

After rebooting system a second time, the behavior returned to previous normal.