480815 - Compose (reply) window font switches from default font to font used to emit "On 02/27/2009 08:51 AM, " text

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 203810

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Rod Barlow]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009020911 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3pre) Gecko/20090223 Thunderbird/3.0b2

When replying to a message, the default font used as soon as one starts typing can change to the font used to emit the "On 02/27/2009 08:51 AM, " text. For me that text is emitted using "Variable Width", my default is "sans-serif".

The resultant email appears as though the font was changed mid sentence or between paragraphs.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. In Preferences --> Composition --> General, select font "sans-serif" size "small"
2. Respond to an email using ctrl+'r', the cursor should be placed on the first line, below appears the "On 02/27/2009 08:51 AM, " text and quoted reply.
3. Type in a word or two, the font should be "sans-serif"
4. Hit the down arrow, and type a word notice that the font switches from "sans-serif" to "Variable Width"
Actual Results:  
The default composition font switched from "sans-serif" to "Variable Width".

Expected Results:  
The default composition font should be maintained for the entirety of the composition area (up to [and including?] the "On 02/27/2009 08:51 AM, " text).

Comment 1

[Antony Mawer]

This sounds like a duplicate of bug 203810

Comment 2

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

I agree to comment #1.

Feel free to reopen it if I'm wrong.