70486 - browser windows go 'keydead': keyboard stops working

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 70484

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Jeff]

BUILD ID: 2001022705

Sorry for filing this under Browser-General but I really have no idea....

For the last few builds I have noticed that keyboard input will just randomly
stop working on a window-by-window basis in mozilla.  When this happens the
following things don't work
  - typing in the location bar
  - typing in a text input box
  - keyboard shortcuts (e.g. C-n for new window, C-w for close window)

Although the location bar doesn't work correctly in these keydead windows, it
does respond to some keystrokes.  For example if I type a lower-case 'f' into a
keydead window which has some forward history, it will act as though I clicked
on the forward button.

I have put off reporting this bug for a few builds now since I wanted to see if
I could notice a pattern for what was causing it.  I have not yet noticed any
such pattern.  The only thing I can say is that no window has gone keydead on me
while I was typing in it.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Filed twice

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 70484 ***

Comment 2

[Stephen Walker]

vrfy dup