Closed
Bug 69685
Opened 24 years ago
Closed 24 years ago
Cursor keys dead after a while
Categories
(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)
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VERIFIED
WORKSFORME
People
(Reporter: shred, Assigned: joki)
Details
After updating to Mozilla 0.8 (Build ID: 2001021503), I noticed that after some
time of running Mozilla, the cursor keys are dead in some other applications.
Instead of that, the numeric keypad is working in cursor mode, no matter if num
lock is turned on or off.
Strange is that it always hits the same few programs (as NEdit (
http://www.nedit.org ), or HTML form elements on Netscape 4), while other
programs are still working fine. Also, it is not immediately after Mozilla was
started, but only after using it for a while. Anyhow it hits me nearly every
day, and is very annoying.
I haven't found a way to reproduce it yet. I don't know what triggers it.
I got that problem on two different machines. One with RedHat 7.0 installation,
the other with SuSE 6.2. Downgrading to Mozilla 0.7 but keeping the 0.8
configurations didn't help at all. Also, creating a new ~/.mozilla directory
from scratch for 0.8 didn't help.
I think it is a Mozilla bug because it was the only program I updated on both
machines. Before that, everything was fine.
My current workaround: using numeric keypad or restarting the X server.
Comment 1•24 years ago
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updating component.
Assignee: asa → joki
Component: Browser-General → Event Handling
QA Contact: doronr → gerardok
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Comment 2•24 years ago
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Additional note: I am using Gnome on both machines. On SuSE, a rather old Gnome
version and Enlightenment. On RedHat, Helix Gnome and Sawfish. I couldn't
reproduce the bug yet on other machines running IceWM or KDE.
Comment 3•24 years ago
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Reporter any luck reporoducing recently?
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Comment 4•24 years ago
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I must confess I haven't updated to V0.8.1 yet because I heard from a coworker
that select boxes in HTML forms do not work at all.
I still don't have anything new on this bug and Mozilla V0.8. It is still that
cursor keys are working fine unless a while after I started Mozilla. There MUST
be something that triggers that behaviour, but I still cannot put my finger on
it. :-(
I first suspected that opening a page with a HTML form disables the cursor keys,
but that assumption proved to be wrong.
Anyhow, I was able to get the cursor keys working again without restarting the X
server, by a lucky chance. Just by starting a very old version of NEdit. After
that, the cursor keys worked flawlessy again in all applications. Reproduceable.
PS: I meanwhile updated one machine to SuSE 7.1, still using Gnome but also
moved to Sawfish. Didn't help at all.
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Comment 5•24 years ago
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It seems to be fixed on M0.9 (BID 2001050521). :-)
Comment 6•24 years ago
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Marking WORKSFORME as per reporters comments.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Updated•6 years ago
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Component: Event Handling → User events and focus handling
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