534089 - default browser tooltip bug

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Neven]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5

If you roll over an default browser tooltip, onmouseout and onmouseover events will be fired for element's below which invoked tooltip

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. hoover an element which shows up an tooltip (eg. image)
2. move mouse left of the tooltip and then move mouse inside of tooltip (slowly)

Actual Results:  
if element(s) you are hoovering has(have) a assigned dom event onmouseover/onmouseout, and you rollover an tooltip which that element html tag invoked - the element will loose focus / onmouseout event will be fired following a quick onmouseover event firing. 

in short - element looses and receives back the focus. 

Expected Results:  
i've tested this behavior on all popular browsers (http://www.nivas.hr/blog/2009/12/11/inconsistent-behaviour-of-default-browser-tooltip/) on windows platform and expected result would be that roll overed element NEVER looses focus until you roll out of the element.

I've recorded screen with demonstration of the bug:
http://www.nivas.hr/pub/default-browser-tooltip-bug/firefox.avi
http://www.nivas.hr/pub/default-browser-tooltip-bug/firefox.swf

And here is my blog post about it:
http://www.nivas.hr/blog/2009/12/11/inconsistent-behaviour-of-default-browser-tooltip/

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.