Closed Bug 33429 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

[RFE] browser scroll when typing in text box extends below visible screen

Categories

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, enhancement, P3)

enhancement

Tracking

()

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: asa, Assigned: kinmoz)

Details

THis is an RFE spun off from bug 33012. I'm adding the original reporter to the cc; line so he can track this RFE. Current Behavior: On par with NN4.x and IE4, if you have a multiline text box that is extending below the bottom of the visible browser content and you type below the visible area the browser does not automatically scroll the content pane to keep your typing visible. Requested Behavior: Typing in a multiline text box which extends below the visible page would cause the browser to scroll down sufficiently to see the text you are typing. Just in case this is vague here are simple steps to see this behavior. 1. Scroll up to the comment box in this bug report 2. Scroll to a place where only the top half of the comment box is visible on the page. 3. Start typing at the top of the comment box. 4. Type several lines until the text you are typing is off the screen 5. Note that the main browser window does not scroll to keep your text visible.
Moving to HTML Form Controls, as they would have to be very involved in the implementation of this (with Event Handling?) Gerv
Assignee: cbegle → rods
Component: Browser-General → HTML Form Controls
QA Contact: asadotzler → ckritzer
Hmmm, this won't be fun...
Assignee: rods → buster
this is an area Kin has more experience with than I do.
Assignee: buster → kin
Target Milestone: --- → M20
Accepting bug.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
moving to future milestone
Assignee: kin → beppe
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
reassigning back to Kin
Assignee: beppe → kin
Target Milestone: M20 → Future
Accepting bug.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
adding help wanted keyword
Keywords: helpwanted
I just checked in a re-write of the selection auto-scrolling code for another bug, which gave us this feature for free. mozilla/layout/html/base/src/nsSelection.cpp revision 3.64
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Keywords: helpwanted
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: Future → M18
Sweet! Awesome! Verified on win21 083108 mozilla build. will check mac as soon as I get it installed.
Vereified also on Mac OS9 mozilla build 083108. just need linux and we can clear this one.
Updating QA contact.
QA Contact: ckritzer → bsharma
verified finally in linux 092612 build. Now verified on all 3 major Platforms.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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