417464 - Type In Place field does not appear for text fields on Vista using a tablet PC

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 244119

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

According to http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2008/02/firefox-3-beta.html

>Looks like some Tablet items that don't work in Vista do work in XP; for 
>example, the TIP does appear when tapping fields on a web page in XP, but not 
>in Vista. Since I didn't spend much time with Beta 2, this could be the same 
>behavior as before. 

It sounds like the typing in place control for text fields is just totally broken.

He also adds:

>While the TIP does appear in the URL address bar, it still doesn't have the web 
>context in either version of Windows, i.e.: the buttons for common web bits 
>like "http:" and ".com"

I have no idea if the web specific type in place buttons are available to use through an API, but it would be great for tablet users if we could support this.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

is this a dupe of bug 244119 ?

Comment 2

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

Sure looks like it.