77952 - Edit boxes display the blinking caret wrong

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 48602

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Michael Kaufmann]

If you type text in an empty edit box, the blinking caret is "over" the last
letter you have typed and not on the right of it. For example, if you type an
"i" you can see that the caret is on the "i", and so the "i" is blinking. (You
can best see this effect with sans-serif fonts and small text sizes. Take the
URL box for testing.)

This only happens if you want to type something on the end of the text, it
doesn't happen elsewhere.

For me it would be quite an enhancement to the look and feel of Mozilla -
because with this bug you have the feeling that you don't "see" what you have
typed. And it shouldn't be too difficult to check if the cursor is on the end of
the text and then shift the caret position right by one pixel.

Comment 1

[Oliver Klee]

This worksforme on 2001042704 Win2k.

The cursor is only "over" the letter "i" if I move it to the left of the letter.
But that seems to be ok, as the cursor is 1 pixel wide and the letter "i" is 1
pixel wide, too.

Could you provide a list of steps to reproduce (i.e. which keys to press when
the cursor is in an empty URL bar)?

Comment 2

[Michael Kaufmann]

Steps to reproduce: Just click in an empty URL bar and type the "i".

It works on Win2k because Win2k uses Tahoma as default system font. The width of 
the "i" in Tahoma is larger than in the font "MS Sans Serif" (which Win9x uses). 
 Actually, the width of the "i" is 1 pixel in both fonts, but in Tahoma there's 
also a 1 pixel space on both sides of the "i".

If you switch to MS Sans Serif you should see this bug too. And it's also 
important that you don't have "big fonts" enabled (right click on desktop -> 
Properties -> Settings -> Advanced).

Comment 3

[John Morrison]

man, did it take me a while to find this duplicate ...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 48602 ***

Comment 4

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

verified.