488776 - Let the html:input within textboxes stretch to fill available vertical space.

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: UI Widgets, defect)

Description

[Karl Tomlinson (:karlt)]

textboxes currently center their html:input elements and use their intrinsic height.  If there are other elements in the textbox that increase the height of the textbox, then increasing the height of the html:input element can also be increased to show text overflow.  This would help with situations like bug 425004.  Clipping the text to the height of the html:input should not be necessary.

Currently the only reason why html:input elements are center-aligned is that html-input elements do not center their text.

Attachment 373038 [details] [diff] centers text within html:input elements, which would mean that they would no longer need to be center-aligned within textboxes.

Comment 1

[Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich)]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Attachment 373038 [details] [diff] centers text within html:input elements, which would mean
> that they would no longer need to be center-aligned within textboxes.

That patch has landed in bug 481751, last year. Can the de-centering safely be done now?

This bug blocks bug 157541, which is a significant impediment to readable Thai script in textboxes.

Comment 2

[Karl Tomlinson (:karlt)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Can the de-centering safely be done now?

I think so.  (I don't remember all the details.)

If someone would like to steal this bug from me and try it out, please feel free to do so.