8476 - trying to select text blocks Mozilla

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect, P3)

Description

[uwezi]

In the latest build (19990617 ?) opening my javascript testpage (see fixed bug 8282) does not crash Mozilla in the latest build (as reported already). However, selecting - or better trying to select - text in the browser window does put Mozilla in some kind of stasis. Windows NT 4 (sp3) is not blocked it's just that
the browser windows of Mozilla do not react  nor redraw any longer.

(writing this report in Opera...)

Uwe

Comment 1

[leger]

Per a request from Selection and Search component eng (mjudge) and qa (elig),
moving all "Selection and Search" bugs to new "Selection" component.  Original
"Selection and Search" component will be retired.

Comment 2

[leger]

Using selection is still a bit slow...but elig, do you see this?

Comment 3

[Eli Goldberg]

I don't see the problem in question on any platform (1999 06.19 8:00 AM builds),
but there are still selection issues. Gut instinct (no hard reason) is that they
may be related to the issues underlying 2112.

In particular, if you scroll to the *.history.* section of the browser output and
do a mouse click within that text block to select, it begins the selection around
the window.closed line.

Comment 4

[mjudge]

help me out here what exactly is the bug?

Comment 5

[buster]

I can't reproduce the hang behavior originally reported on WinNT either.
However, If you select at the top of the document, and progressively shift-click
further down in the content (after scrolling to get to lower content), you see
some strange scrolling behavior.  but the selection behavior is correct.
Finally, if you select at the top, scroll to the very bottom, and shift click
into "So the browsers behave differently", selection doesn't give you the right
answer.  In fact, trying to select between different lines at the bottom of the
page is broken, probably because selection isn't handling tables correctly.

Comment 6

[mjudge]

I see some wierdness with the scrolling but I can select anything in there.
This bug seems to be gone

Comment 7

[Eli Goldberg]

Hmm...using this morning's builds on Win32 and Mac OS, the JavaScript doesn't
work at all. Per quick analysis by Master Desale, I'll split that into a new bug,
and make the verification of this bug contingent upon it.

Comment 8

[Eli Goldberg]

Weird. This works when loaded from the local hard drive, as well as via a Necko
build. I'm going to guess there's a networking library problem, and am holding
until Necko lands to verify.

I'm also seeing selection problems, and want to confirm with mjudge that they're
covered by other bugs.

Comment 9

[Eli Goldberg]

This page works fine using this morning's Win32 & Mac OS builds. Will formally
mark as verified when we have a working Linux build.

Comment 10

[Eli Goldberg]

Verified fixed on 1999081001 Linux build (Red Hat 6).

There is still some selection weirdness in it that's a bit hard to reproduce.
I'll check it out again in a month or two.