404173 - After focusing out caret jumps to start of a textarea

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Victor Porton]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071004 Iceweasel/2.0.0.8 (Debian-2.0.0.8-1)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071004 Iceweasel/2.0.0.8 (Debian-2.0.0.8-1)

When I focus out of a Firefox tab (either switching tabs or focusing out the Firefox window), if the caret is in a textarea then after switching focus back to that tab the caret moves to the start of textarea. (It should not move.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a tab with a textarea.
2. Put caret in any position (except of the start position, that is except the first line first char) in that textarea. (You may need to type some text in the text area in order to be able to move the caret.)
3. Focus out the tab or the Firefox window.
4. Focus the tab with textarea back.
5. Watch that the caret is in the start position (the first line, the first character).
Actual Results:  
Caret moves to the start position (first line, first character).

Expected Results:  
Caret should leave in place.

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was originally reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.6 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.8 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.