GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 168402
lost focus in tabbed window
Last modified: 2005-03-26 18:14:05 UTC
Distribution: Unknown Package: galeon Severity: normal Version: GNOME2.6.2 unspecified Gnome-Distributor: MandrakeSoft Synopsis: lost focus in tabbed window Bugzilla-Product: galeon Bugzilla-Component: User interface Bugzilla-Version: unspecified Description: Description of Problem: If Galeon is used with tabs, and a page in a non-displayed tab refreshes (e.g, because of a <META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60"> tag) And the user is entering information in a form, the input focus will move away from the user at the time of the refresh. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Open a browser window to a site that refreshes often 2. open a new tab in the same window to a site with a form 3. try to type a long paragraph in the form while the other tab refreshes Actual Results: the user will be unable to complete typing the paragraph. Expected Results: The user should be able to type until he is blue in the face, irrespective of other tabs. How often does this happen? once per minute ;-) Additional Information: ------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2005-02-24 11:01 ------- Unknown platform unknown. Setting to default platform "Other". Unknown milestone "unknown" in product "galeon". Setting to default milestone for this product, '---' Setting to default status "UNCONFIRMED". Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one.
More generally, if I open a tab in the background, I can continue working in the current tab until that background tab loads, at which time the keyboard focus is rudely snatched away. Type-ahead searches, etc, then start happening in the non-displayed tab, which is very annoying.
Fixed in CVS: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/cvs-commits-list/2005-March/msg03184.html
For more general discussion, see bug 72125.