737269 - search bar show drag feedback caret only when drag enters a second time

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[Karl Tomlinson (:karlt)]

STR

1. Start browser.
2. Drag text over the search bar (without releasing the button).

Actual results:
Nothing

Expected results:
Drag feedback to indicate that the search bar will accept the drag.

3. Continue the drag out of the search and back in.

Actual results:
A caret.

Expected results:
Appropriate drag feedback.  This is covered by bug 250622.
This bug is about the situation in step 2.

I haven't reproduced with the location bar but that may be because the location bar is initially showing text.

Comment 1

[Karl Tomlinson (:karlt)]

Filed bug 737273 on the colour of the caret when it does show.

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

This seems unlikely to be a front-end bug to me... Is it GTK-specific?

Comment 3

[Karl Tomlinson (:karlt)]

Same bug exists on 7.

It also happens the first time this is done on a new window.

Does the search bar use a different toolkit object to other inputs?

Comment 4

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

No, it's just a <xul:textbox type="autocomplete"> (like the URL bar). It may have its own drag&drop handlers...

Comment 5

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

I've just tried this on latest nightly on all three platforms and I saw a caret each time.