48590 - Select/cut/backspace does nothing.

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P3)

Description

[Brandon Hume]

Build ID 2000080910, Sol2.66 nightly running on Sol8 SPARC.

Type a load of text iunto a textbox (ie: the status whiteboard).  Select some
of it, and hit backspace.  Natural expectation is that the text will be deleted,
but nothing happens.  Nor does anything happen if you leave the text selected
and go to "Edit->Cut".

Comment 1

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

over to keyboard navigation, works on win32 though.

Comment 2

[Brandon Hume]

OK, I'm not able to reproduce it now using the text in the url bar... I can
reproduce it here in the "Additional Comments" box, with regards to backspacing
doing nothing.

If I type some gibberish, highlight some of it, try hitting backspace (which
does nothing) and then going to Edit->Cut, I get the following Javascript
error in the console:

JavaScript error:
 line 0: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0xfffff04c [nsIController.doCommand]"  nsresult: "0xfffff04c (<unknown>)"
location: "JS frame :: chrome://global/content/globalOverlay.js :: goDoCommand
:: line 66"  data: no]

And just now I was able to select my full line of text and backspace it away,
so the problem seems to be intermittant.

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

ummm, Editor...?

Comment 4

[rubydoo123]

Sujay -- can you try this one out on Solaris, thanks

Comment 5

[rubydoo123]

waiting to hear back from Sujay, just sent Akkana a note asking if she can repro 
this one

Comment 6

[Akkana Peck]

I assume you're talking about the Bonsai status whiteboard?  (Adding url; if
you're talking about a different one, please change the url field to the right
one.)  I don't see this in my Linux debug build from yesterday -- if I type a
bunch of text, then select some of it and hit backspace, the text gets deleted.

Comment 7

[Diego]

Solaris 7 (SunOS 5.7) mozilla nightly 20000830-M18
Select/cut/backspace works ok here (Tested both on forms and on the url bar)

Comment 8

[Brandon Hume]

I think this bug sat idle long enough while UI changes were happening that it
probably isn't valid anymore.

I'e got a new build going on now, I don't have access to my SPARC at this
moment (on vacation).  If I see it again I'll reopen this bug, but until then:

Comment 9

[sujay]

verified in 9/6 build.