472290 - Some HTML special characters (like ← or →) aren't properly displayed in SELECT dropdown boxes

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Core :: Layout: Text and Fonts, defect)

Description

[D.F.]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5

Some HTML special characters (like ← or →) aren't properly displayed in SELECT dropdown boxes. They are replaced by a square character. Firefox 2 used to display them fine. Seems to be a Windows-specific problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5

The above-referenced url works for me, can you provide a minimized testcase?

Comment 2

[D.F.]

OK, now I'm testing from a Vista system and the page is properly displayed in Firefox 3.0.5.

Here is the minimized testcase : http://trucs.farreny.net/firefox/

So, to sum it up : the bug appears (to me, at least) in Firefox 3.0.5 on Windows XP. It didn't appear in Firefox 2 on the same XP system. It does not appear either in other browsers like IE or Safari.

Comment 3

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

What happens if you add:

<style type="text/css">
select { font-family: serif; }
</style>

(or try sans-serif instead of serif) to the page?


It seems like this could be a bug in the font that is being used for the contents of the select, in which case it would go away if you change that font.


(I'm presuming by the fact that you mention select specifically that they display fine if they're in the contents of the page.)

Comment 4

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Attachment: reporter's testcase

Comment 5

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

(If that does make the bug go away, this should be moved to gfx:thebes in case there's some underlying bug in the windows font code causing this... and somebody who sees the bug then might be able to help figure out what font is being used.)

Comment 6

[D.F.]

OK guys, sorry for being so inaccurate in the first place : in fact the bug (?) seems to appear only in the original page (http://www.farreny.net/dictionnaire/entrees) and I really don't know why, because the same page displays fine in IE, Safari or Firefox 2. Maybe the HTML code is faulty ?

Whereas the testcase page (http://trucs.farreny.net/firefox/) displays fine in FF 3.0.5 (and all other browsers), whatever font it is.

Comment 7

[Hermann Schwab]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5
WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3pre) Gecko/20090108 SeaMonkey/2.0a3pre

tested on testcase and URL http://www.farreny.net/dictionnaire/entrees

I've used DOM Inspector to find the font:
CSS for testcase: font-family: -moz-use-system-font;
CSS for URL: font-family: georgia,garamond,times,"times new roman";

Which font did you specify in Tools->Options->Content->Fonts&Colors Default font?

Comment 8

[D.F.]

The default font is Times New Roman (size 16).