GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 426517
Clicking on a control/link/text in a web form does not work after using find
Last modified: 2007-04-05 12:14:12 UTC
Please describe the problem: This concers web forms in the case where succesfully using the Edit->Find function causes the form to be scrolled to the place where the search term was found. In this case, clicking on a control in the form sometimes does not work, i.e. the control is not triggered. Instead, the page is scrolled back to the place that was shown before doing the find. Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en 2. Resize the browser window such that only the "Find results" area at the top is shown. 3. Do "Edit->Find..." and enter "SafeSearch". The page will scroll down to the "SafeSearch" option. 4. Either the "No filtering" or "Filter using SafeSearch" button now is selected; select the other one by clicking on it, without clicking elsewhere first. Actual results: Instead of the selection being made, the page is scrolled up to the top again. Scroll down to confirm that the selection was not made. Note that also clicking elsewhere in the browser window like on a link or to select text yields the same behaviour. Expected results: I expect the selection being made (respectively the link triggered, text selected, or whatever action was tried to do) and the page not being scrolled back to the pre-Find place. Does this happen every time? Sometimes it works correctly, but I do not know under which exact circumstances. Other information: This is particularly annoying when moderating mailing lists via the mailman web interface when there are many pending messages and one searches for particular subjects. It causes me to use FireFox for doing this...
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