Sorry, haven't tried in years. No longer use ubuntu. Can't check. Daniel
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 5:15 PM Olivier Tilloy <olivier.til...@canonical.com> wrote: > That's a very old bug, and there have been many firefox releases since > then. Can anyone who originally reported the bug or commented on it > confirm whether it still exists? Thanks! > > ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) > Status: Triaged => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/583122 > > Title: > firefox occasionally highlights contents of form fields while typing > thereby overwriting previously entered keystrokes > > Status in Mozilla Firefox: > New > Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: firefox > > On occasion while typing into a form field in firefox (search field, > url field, webpage form field), after typing a few characters, the > browser will automatically highlight the previously entered > characters, causing my subsequently entered keystrokes to overwrite > the previously entered keystrokes. I cannot reproduce this behavior > reliably, though it does happen quite often. There are various > methods that I have used to make the problem go away, though none work > reliably. These include closing the tab, hitting enter to cause a > pageload, restarting the browser. > > I am using Ubuntu 10.04. This problem was not present in Ubuntu 9.10 > on the same hardware. The firefox package version is 3.6.3+nobinonly- > 0ubuntu4. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 > Architecture: amd64 > CheckboxSubmission: e8b67d75e6dc3e68647d9c34878edc73 > CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 > Date: Wed May 19 20:21:20 2010 > FirefoxPackages: > firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 > firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 > firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 > abroswer N/A > abrowser-branding N/A > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: firefox > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/583122/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/583122 Title: firefox occasionally highlights contents of form fields while typing thereby overwriting previously entered keystrokes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/583122/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
