565174 - Spell Checker algorithm gets stuck if abruptly interrupted.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Spelling checker, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

If you are typing a word, and you haven't yet completed it (like typing sa when you are wanting to type sad), and if you get interrupted while typing it, then the spell checker would gladly mark it as a misspelled word, which is all nice and bubbles, but if you go back to the word and complete it, the spell checker would still consider it a mistake as if you haven't completed it. 

It happened to me as I was typing 'sad', I typed 'sa' and before I could type the remaining 'd', I clicked a wrong key (or was it my touchpad) by mistake. The spellchecker correctly marked 'sa' as a mistake, but then I typed a d and it still considered it a mistake. I'm sorry I couldn't reproduce the problem easily, but the spell checker can indeed have its algorithm stuck on abrupt interruption.



Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce:
1.type a word, but don't completely type it before step 2
2.somehow find a way to interrupt your process of typing that word
3.if you found a suitable interruption method, the spellchecker would be stuck on the incomplete word and still consider it a mistake even after adding the missing letters.
Actual Results:  
The spellchecker couldn't realize the word was actually completed correctly.

Expected Results:  
It should have automatically realized the word has been completed when the user appended the remaining letters.

Comment 1

[Kagami Rosylight 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ [:saschanaz] (they/them)]

somehow find a way to interrupt your process of typing that word

This is vague, I tried it with Windows key and it seems the spellchecker works as expected.