670974 - Unable to invoke virtual keyboard to provide input in text field at Google Maps

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Attachment: Google Maps

Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Linux armv7l; rv:8.0a1) Gecko/20110712 Firefox/8.0a1 Fennec/8.0a1
Device: HTC Nexus One, Samsung Nexus S
OS: Android 2.3.4

Currently when you tap into the text field at Google Maps in order to specify a location, there is an orange highlight alongside a blinking cursor but no invocation of the virtual keyboard, thus I am unable to specify any input.

STR: maps.google.com, tap the text field

See screenshot

Comment 1

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

both bug 655398 and bug 663335 mention this problem. Can we dupe these?

Comment 2

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> both bug 655398 and bug 663335 mention this problem. Can we dupe these?

Woops, go for it.

Comment 3

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

This is the more general bug with better summary for the editbox/vkb issue. Bugs with narrow focus are better than big and vague. Duping bug 655398 to this bug.

Comment 5

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

Matt and Wes - is this another oddity with google maps and touch events?

Comment 6

[Anna (Waverley)]

This issue doesn't occur on:
Build ID : Mozilla /5.0 (Android;Linux armv7l;rv:8.0a1) Gecko/20110711 Firefox/8.0a1 Fennec/8.0a1 
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/e898a773a4fb

but it occurs on:
Mozilla /5.0 (Android;Linux armv7l;rv:8.0a1) Gecko/20110720 Firefox/8.0a1 Fennec/8.0a1 
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8753de11b181

Possible range:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=e898a773a4fb&tochange=8753de11b181

Comment 7

[Anna (Waverley)]

Oops, 

The build ID on which it occurs is: Mozilla /5.0 (Android;Linux armv7l;rv:8.0a1) Gecko/20110712 Firefox/8.0a1 Fennec/8.0a1 

Sorry about that..

The rest is fine.

Comment 8

[Anna (Waverley)]

While finding out the regression range for bug 671273: Alt & Alt lock keys don't work correctly for maps.google.com text fields, I realized that this issue reproduces on previous builds than that of 07/11, when I could not reproduce it on a clean profile in portrait mode and so I thought that this is the last build on which it worked. So, in fact what I am trying to say is that if you install the build from 07/11, load www.maps.google.com in landscape mode and then switch orientation to  portrait and tap into the text field at Google Maps the VKB doesn't pop anymore (even though it did pop when it was on portrait mode).

This bug has the same regression range as bug 671273 and bug 655212 (which is now WFM) and that is :

It doesn't occur on: 
Build ID : Mozilla /5.0 (Android;Linux armv7l;rv:6.0a1) Gecko/20110429 Firefox/6.0a1 Fennec/6.0a1 
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/ff152a406ed3

it started happening on:
Build ID : Mozilla /5.0 (Android;Linux armv7l;rv:6.0a1) Gecko/20110430 Firefox/6.0a1 Fennec/6.0a1 
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7162a399c334

Possible range:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=ff152a406ed3&tochange=7162a399c334

Sorry for any inconveniences.

Comment 10

[Kevin Brosnan [:kbrosnan]]

This is still a problem on a Native Trunk build. Google maps is the mobile version.

Comment 11

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Still an issue, Firefox 15 Beta 2 (07/25).

Comment 12

[Adrian Tamas (:AdrianT)]

This is no longer an issue on Firefox Mobile 16.0b3 on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 running Android 4.0.4 and on the Samsung Galaxy R running Android 2.3.4. I still get the mobile page but I can tap in the search field, suggestions appear if I type something and I can select any of the suggestions and the search is performed.