On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 02:26:08AM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > * Frederik Eaton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Package: iceweasel > > Version: 2.0.0.6-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > Hello, > > > > I will give an example to illustrate my point. I have tried it out in > > "safe mode". > > > > (1) I enter "minimal entropy martingale measure" in Google's search > > text box > > > > (2) When the results come up, I want change my search text to "minimal > > martingale measure". I click just after the word "entropy" in the text > > box at the top of the results page, and the completion "minimal > > entropy martingale measure" appears appears in a menu below the box > > (even though that same string is also already in the box). (Actually, > > this happens only about 50% of the time, it may be necessary to try > > clicking at different parts of the word) Since I had to click on the > > search box to change the text, my cursor is right near the box. When I > > take my hand off the mouse to type, the cursor happens to move down a > > few pixels (this happens a lot when I use a trackpad, but also when I > > use my optical mouse), briefly crossing over the menu of completions. > > > > (3) This results in the single completion being highlighted. > > Inexplicably, it stays highlighted even when my mouse has moved off of > > it to below the bottom of the menu. Even more strangely, it stays > > highlighted when I start typing in the text box. > > > > (4) I hit delete a few times to delete the word "entropy", but the > > completion "minimal martingale martingale measure", the text of my > > original search, is still highlighted. > > > > (5) I hit enter. This doesn't result in a new search with the new > > contents of the search box, as I had hoped; but it results in the > > completion (a useless completion, no less, since it was the original > > text of the box) being selected, and the edit I just made > > disappearing, and the text "minimal martingale martingale measure" > > returning to the search box, and no search happening. > > > > So, completion as implemented in this program (is it possible to turn > > it off, by the way?) is basically incompatible with my mouse moving > > down a few pixels after I take my hand off of it. That seems rather > > demanding - the mouse is an analog device and the cursor can't be > > expected to stay 100% still all the time. In general, it seems like a > > good idea for a highlighted menu selection to become unhighlighted > > when the user starts typing, even in the case where it is still under > > the cursor (which it is not, in my example above), since typing > > generally indicates a lack of intent to click. > > > > Thank you in advance - I hope that this can be eventually fixed... > > Is this any better with the latest Iceweasel?
Hello, The problematic behaviour seems to be unchanged in 3.0.3. Thanks, Frederik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
