427692 - Tablet PC input does not work correctly on input fields

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 244119

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[Erwin Jansen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008032620 Firefox/3.0b5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008032620 Firefox/3.0b5

On a tablet PC an input panel should show up if you are trying to enter data into any textarea/textbox/password field. Currently this does not happen making firefox unusable for tablet pc.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install windows Vista on a tablet PC.
2. Install Firefox.
3. Go to tablet PC mode by taking your tablet PC pen.
4. Try to enter text into any textfield. Observe that nothing happens.
5. Observer that "right" click with the pen does work.
Actual Results:  
Nothing happened.

Expected Results:  
The icon for the tablet PC input panel should show up. This would allow the user to enter text and interact with firefox.