Bug#416124: mozilla-browser: problem when accessing select box with javascript

[Mike Hommey]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 03:01:55AM +0200, Caspar Bothmer <caspar-debian at cbothmer.org> wrote:
> Package: mozilla-browser
> Version: 2:1.7.8-1sarge10
> 
> I have a list of options, one of these is selected.  Under certain 
> conditions I want to restrict access to the values above this selected 
> option.  I can restrict this and almost everything works well, but one 
> thing doesn't.  I will describe my problem with the demo code given.  It 
> is attached to this bug report.
> 
> As the list of options I have the sequence of "1" to "8", with "4" selected.
> 
> When I use <cursor up>, the option "3" is shown shortly before it is 
> reset to "4".  When I use <cursor up> again, the option "2" is shown 
> shortly before it is reset to "4".  That shouldn't happen, "2" should 
> never be reached this way.  Now, when I use <cursor down> to select "5", 
> I don't get "5", but "3" is shown shortly, before it is set to "4". 
> When I use <cursor down> again, nothing happens, and the next <cursor 
> down> shows "5", as it should have shown in the first time.  It's as if 
> an internal counter counts down to "2" and first needs to count up to 
> "4" again, before it can count to "5".  As I reset the list to "4" each 
> time, there should be "5" immediately.  This behaviour is broken.
> 
> I tried to eliminate this by setting the selected property of all list 
> items to "false" but the one I want to have selected.  I checked with 
> selectedIndex and the settings are as I want them to be.

Does it happen with iceape or epiphany/galeon/kazehakase from testing ?

Mike