430612 - Text fields with autocompletion available sometimes require an extra click to select

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 261862

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Dan Mills [:thunder]]

Firefox has some odd double/triple click behavior on text boxes.  It has annoyed me for quite some time, but always seemed somewhat random.  I had not until now sat down to test and write down exactly what is happening.

I define 'correct' as: double click to select a word, triple click to select the entire field.  In the cases marked 'incorrect' below, adding an extra click gets me the desired behavior (that is, I occasionally have to triple click to select a word, and quadruple click to select the entire field).

In all of these tests, I had a web page with a text box (e.g., bugzilla).  I input a few words into the text box which match previous entries, so the autocomplete box will appear.  The 'Summary' field when filing a new bug is a good test for this.  I haven't tried to reproduce this on anything other than Mac yet, so it might be Mac-specific.

I didn't see any existing open bugs for this, and I'm not sure what component it should go under...

Double click:

1 Textbox not selected:
  Selects word (correct).
2 Textbox selected, autocomplete visible:
  Selects word (correct).
3 Textbox selected, autocomplete not visible:
  Opens and closes autocomplete box, leaves text unselected (incorrect).

Triple click:

1 Textbox not selected:
  Selects word (incorrect).
2 Textbox selected, autocomplete visible:
  Selects word (incorrect).
3 Textbox selected, autocomplete not visible:
  Selects field (correct).