Closed Bug 412566 Opened 17 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Textarea with overflow:hidden does not scroll as the user types in text exceeding the number of rows specified

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: indukp, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11 I have a textarea defined as follows: <textarea rows="3" cols="20" style="overflow:hidden"> </textarea> While typing in text, when the number of rows exceeds the value of rows attribute, the textarea does not scroll.User is unable to see what he is typing in. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Create a html file with the following contents <html> <body> <textarea rows="3" cols="20" style="overflow:hidden"> </textarea> </body> </html> 2. Start typing text such that the number of rows exceeds 3 ( the rows attribute) Actual Results: The text area doesn't scroll. so the user is not able to see what he is typing in. Expected Results: The textarea should scroll so that the user can see what he is typing. This is how it works in IE
How is this a bug? This is what overflow: hidden; does.
(In reply to comment #1) > How is this a bug? This is what overflow: hidden; does. Indeed, and the latest IE8 build agrees.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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