501119 - [Fennec] [Maemo] The virtual keyboard shows itself and hides quickly after loading about:config

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect, P5)

Description

[Uwe Kaminski]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060215 Firefox/3.0.11
Build Identifier: Maemo 4.3.1 (5-2008.43-7)

No virtual keyboard in input field of about:config

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start fennec
2. enter in awesome bar: about:config
3. tip into the input field
Actual Results:  
nothing happens

Expected Results:  
The virtual keyboard is shown

Workaround:
3. Go to the application selector of the OS
4. select fennec --> the virtual keyboard will come up in front of fennec!

I've used the nightly build of fennec from 2009-06-29

Comment 1

[Antonio Gomes (tonikitoo)]

wfm

Comment 3

[Antonio Gomes (tonikitoo)]

see attached screenshot

Comment 4

[Antonio Gomes (tonikitoo)]

Attachment: sshot of it working fine

Comment 5

[Antonio Gomes (tonikitoo)]

NOTE: if you are testing on a n810, be sure you have:

control panel -> input settings (text input) -> on-screen tab -> enable stylus input methods CHECKED

Comment 6

[Uwe Kaminski]

(In reply to comment #5)
> NOTE: if you are testing on a n810, be sure you have:
> 
> control panel -> input settings (text input) -> on-screen tab -> enable stylus
> input methods CHECKED

Everything was configured in the right way as far as I can see.

For me it feels exactly like this (solved) bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=499751

The keyboard _is_ there but it's not in the foreground. Afte switching to an other running application and comming back to fennec I can see the keyboard. So I would be able to generate a similar screenshot too. ;-)

I use an N800 (without hardware keyboard)

Comment 7

[Antonio Gomes (tonikitoo)]

uwe, ok. I will recheck it on a n800 ... 

> I would be able to generate a similar screenshot too. ;-)

please do.

> I use an N800 (without hardware keyboard)

please it is always useful to mention the hardware in bug report :)

Comment 8

[Uwe Kaminski]

(In reply to comment #7)
> > I would be able to generate a similar screenshot too. ;-)
> please do.

I don't think this is helpful because it look exactly the same like the screenshot uploaded by you. :D

> > I use an N800 (without hardware keyboard)
> please it is always useful to mention the hardware in bug report :)
It would be more easy if the would be a select or enter device field in the reporting dialogue for bugs.

But anyway I got some more details on these bug and want to write them down:

1. Start fennec
2. enter in awesome bar: about:config
3. tip into the input field
-> nothing happens
4. tip on a key in the list
5. tip into the input field
-> virtual keyboard is shown
6. "press" the virtual key in the bottom right corner to close the virtual keyboard
7. tip into the input field
-> nothing happens!

Maybe this could help you to reproduce this bug (maybe on a N810 too?)

Comment 9

[Antonio Gomes (tonikitoo)]

uwe, hi ! i just got some time to check your bug report (in comment #8). Details were really helpful, thanks. 

> > > I use an N800 (without hardware keyboard)
> > please it is always useful to mention the hardware in bug report :)
> It would be more easy if the would be a select or enter device field in the
> reporting dialogue for bugs.

i do not think it is going to happen =/ please inform in bug description always.

> 1. Start fennec
> 2. enter in awesome bar: about:config
> 3. tip into the input field
> -> nothing happens

actually, for me the vkb shows up quickly and then hide itself, but yeah inputting is not straightforward possible, anyway. the important thing to notice at this momment is: the input field in about:config has the focus (see it is painted in yellow). For some reason, the VKB hided itself, and *that* is bug to solve here, maybe.

do you see the same ?

> 4. tip on a key in the list
> 5. tip into the input field
> -> virtual keyboard is shown

ok, that is an expected behaviour.

> 6. "press" the virtual key in the bottom right corner to close the virtual
> keyboard
> 7. tip into the input field
> -> nothing happens!

that is another bug. our vkb works only based on IME changes, and in that case when forcing the vkb to hide (by pressing the button) here is no focus change  internally in mozilla, so the input field yet holds the focus (see it is yet yellow and cursor is still blinking). When you click again on the field it does not show up since the field is not re-acquiring the focus.

note you can reproduce the problem described in steps 6 and 7 in google.com too.

--> to solve that we show also consire showing up VKB based on click events, not only focus. anyway, that is another bug to file and solve.

Mark, Brad, thoghts ?

Comment 10

[Uwe Kaminski]

Hi Mark,

thanks for the responding in detail.

(In reply to comment #9)
> --> to solve that we show also consire showing up VKB based on click events,
> not only focus. anyway, that is another bug to file and solve.

I'll make an extra bug report for the second issue.

There is still an other bug with the virtual keyboard described here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507984

Maybe it is relevant too?

Comment 11

[Uwe Kaminski]

(In reply to comment #9)
> uwe, hi ! i just got some time to check your bug report (in comment #8).
> Details were really helpful, thanks. 
> 
> > > > I use an N800 (without hardware keyboard)
> > > please it is always useful to mention the hardware in bug report :)
> > It would be more easy if the would be a select or enter device field in the
> > reporting dialogue for bugs.
> 
> i do not think it is going to happen =/ please inform in bug description
> always.
> 
> > 1. Start fennec
> > 2. enter in awesome bar: about:config
> > 3. tip into the input field
> > -> nothing happens
> 
> actually, for me the vkb shows up quickly and then hide itself, but yeah
> inputting is not straightforward possible, anyway. the important thing to
> notice at this momment is: the input field in about:config has the focus (see
> it is painted in yellow). For some reason, the VKB hided itself, and *that* is
> bug to solve here, maybe.
> 
> do you see the same ?

At the moment the vbk comes up and closes itself after starting about:config but I'm able to bring it back by selecting the input field. So I think this bug is solved? The second one will tracked separately as written in Comment #10.

Comment 12

[Uwe Kaminski]

(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #9)
> > --> to solve that we show also consire showing up VKB based on click events,
> > not only focus. anyway, that is another bug to file and solve.
> I'll make an extra bug report for the second issue.
done: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507987

Comment 13

[BMO Automation]

Closing all opened bug in a graveyard component