Closed Bug 1521098 Opened 6 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Cannot enable Japanese IME in the in-content search field using keyboards

Categories

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect, P1)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
New Tab Page
Version:
66 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Windows 10
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Milestone:
Firefox 66
Iteration:
66.4 - Jan 21 - 27
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox-esr60 --- unaffected
firefox64 --- unaffected
firefox65 --- unaffected
firefox66 + fixed

People

(Reporter: alice0775, Assigned: rrosario)

References

Details

(Keywords: inputmethod, jp-critical, regression)

The problem is reproduced with MS-IME and ATOK2016 as well.

Reproducible: always

Steps To Reproduce:

  1. Open New Tab Page
  2. Focus in-content search field
  3. Try turn IME on (press [半角/全角] key)
    ---- Nothing happens --BUG!
  4. Type text
    ---- Cannot type Japanese character --- BUG!
    Only Latin character can be type unless extra keypress [半角/全角] key in Address bar

Actual Results:
see above

Expected Results:
3. Try turn IME on (press 半角/全角 key)
---- IME should be turned on
4. Type text
---- Japanese character should appear in Address Bar

Regression window:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/pushloghtml?fromchange=cc2853aad2c4180fdfc0504afd84f94d2ef1371f&tochange=25af8129d9f2c71b724398b64407cbde3215f407

Regressed by: 25af8129d9f2 Ed Lee — Bug 1520691 - Add Discovery components, search polish and bug fixes to Activity Stream r=k88hudson

[Tracking Requested - why for this release]: broken UX

tracking-firefox66: --- → ?
Summary: Cannot enable Japanese in the in-content search field using keyboards → Cannot enable Japanese IME in the in-content search field using keyboards
Assignee: nobody → rrosario
Iteration: --- → 66.3 - Jan 7 - 20
Priority: -- → P1
Depends on: 1521757
Iteration: 66.3 - Jan 7 - 20 → 66.4 - Jan 21 - 27

This looks fixed in latest nightly. I tested using the Japanese IME on Mac and Windows 10.

The fix was part of this commit (bug 1521757 which was included in bug 1522379):
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/9fb96d1b0b37

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
status-firefox66: affected → fixed
Target Milestone: --- → Firefox 66
Component: Activity Streams: Newtab → New Tab Page
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