[Bug 234233] [NEW] Flashing Text cursor does not correspond to actual typing location, or appears randomly where it should not.

[fINTiP]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0-gnome-support

I thought it might be website-specific the first time I ran into it at
intpforum.com, which has a particular variation of the error that causes
me to not be able to click on any part of the mini text editor
[wysiwig?] for Private messages when typing- the only way to 'click' to
any part of the text is for me to highlight something else, and then
middle click to paste (I'm on linux) to a location.

Copy & Paste does not allow this same feature; i.e., if I right click
somewhere and click 'paste', it will just paste the content wherever the
last area to be typed at was, not where I right clicked.

I can't use the arrow keys to get to a place either.

And the flashing text cursor shows no correlation to what I am actually
typing- it sometimes shows correlation to where I have clicked, usually
not even that. The cursor can be flashing at the beginning of a line,
and stay there, while my text continues to pass it...

Anyways, in what appears to be another variant of the problem, I noticed
a cursor (albeit a GIANT one) appear on the right side of the webcomic
on THIS page (but not on *any* of the 204 previous ones, or the one
following it... I just read through every single one in one sitting...)
http://wastedtalent.ca/index.php?view=205 .

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04

contact me on the ubuntu forums if need be, I won't respond to this
email... fINTiP on those forums.

.L

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May 23 02:13:50 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Flashing Text cursor does not correspond to actual typing location, or appears randomly where it should not.
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