53662 - Text-color not working on Linux

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

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

Description

[Christine Hoffman]

Using 9_20_08 build on Linux.

Open Editor. Type some text. Set cursor before some text. Click on 'Format/Text 
Color'. Select 
a color and click 'OK'. 

Expected result: From cursor, typing new text should display new color 
indicated.

Actual result: Cursor is gone. However, new color is indicated on the Format 
Toolbar but as soon as you try to regain focus, color on Format Toolbar 
reverts back to default and text is displayed in default color. 

This works on Windows and Mac.

If you 'select' text, then you can change the color. If 'selecting' text is 
required, then there is a bug in Win and Mac that allows you to change color at 
cursor.

Comment 1

[rubydoo123]

assigning to cmanske, setting to future, the workaround is to highlight the text
and set the color

Comment 2

[Charles Manske]

There's no platform-specific code here. After dismissing the color dialog, 
is the caret automatically back in the page? If you have to click to see it,
then you "destroy" the color that you picked. In that case, the bug is a 
focus bug, not an editor bug.

Comment 3

[Christine Hoffman]

If you DO NOT select a color and just exit out of the text-color dialog, then 
the cursor returns on the page. If you DO select a color, and return to the 
page, the cursor is no longer there.

Comment 4

[Charles Manske]

Now that's really weird! If you use "Cancel", we just return after the dialog
closes without setting focus. But if you select a color, we call:
  window._content.focus();
in editor.js, which we use a lot to restore focus to the editor window.
This is obviously backwards from what you are describing!
We call focus() after every dialog launched in Composer -- are there any other
instances of focus not being returned? E.g., try inserting an image.

Comment 5

[Christine Hoffman]

The behavior with inserting an image is different. If I DO NOT insert an image 
and cancel out of the Image Properties dialog box, I have no focus. If I DO 
insert an image and exit out of the dialog box, I get the same result: no focus. 
In this case the result is the same. (9/20/08 build)

Comment 6

[Charles Manske]

Even more weird, as we do do *not* behave differently after exiting the 
Image Properties dialog as we do with the ColorPicker. We always call
window._content.focus() after the image dialog.
Go figure.

Comment 7

[Charles Manske]

Kathy: Since you have a Linux box at home -- could you please take this?

Comment 8

[Kathleen :Brade]

worksforme

Comment 9

[sujay]

verified in 2/26 build.