63931 - In TEXTAREAS, up and down arrows also move columns

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 51136

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect)

Description

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-5, no longer working on Mozilla)]

DESCRIPTION:  Up and down arrows do weird things in textareas.  They generally
do move to the next/previous line, but they also move columns when they don't
need to.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
 * load this bug
 * in the "Additional comments" box, type:
a
b
c
d
<ENTER>
a
b
c
d
<HOME>
<SHIFT>+<UP>

EXPECTED RESULTS:
 * entire first line is highlighted

ACTUAL RESULTS:
 * only the 'c' and 'd' in the first line are highlighted

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
 * load this bug
 * in the additional comments textarea, type:
a
b
c
d
<ENTER>
a
b
c
d
<click mouse between 'b' and 'c' on first line>
<DOWN>

ACTUAL RESULTS:
 * caret at end of second line

EXPECTED RESULTS:
 * caret in middle of second line, between 'b' and 'c'

OBSERVED IN:
 * Linux mozilla 2000-12-28-08 (and builds going back a few months, I think)

Comment 1

[rubydoo123]

assigning to kin -- kin is this a dup of that scroll bug?

Comment 2

[kinmoz]

This is actually a selection navigation problem. Reassigning to anthonyd.

Comment 3

[anthonyd]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 51136 ***

Comment 4

[sujay]

verified in 1/12 build.