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Posted by James 'jlowap' on July 5, 2006, 7:26 am
Please log in for more thread options i have seen this before while writing text messages... words just disappear
but they are really there!
James
www.modaco.com
> There was a typo in 4) - here it is again...
>
> i found a very ennoying display bug in the PIE "full-screen" (expanded)
text
> fields (e,g, when you enter the body of a mail with gmail, you type in a
> text field that is expanded to fullscreen.
>
> the bug seems to have to do with word auto-completion and text wrapping.
>
> here is how to reproduce the bug with the Motorola Q:
>
> 1) start in an empty expanded text field (e.g. like when you enter the
body
> of an email with gmail)
>
> 2) type "om" - you will see the suggested completion "omissions".
>
> 3) press D-pad RIGHT, it will enter "omissions " and it will position the
> cursor after the trailing space.
>
> 4) repeat steps 2) and 3) four more times (i.e. the word "omissions" will
> appear 5 times on one line).
>
> 5) type "om" - you will see the suggested completion "omissions" on the
> second line.
>
> 6) type D-pad LEFT to displace the cursor between the "o" and the "m" that
> you just typed.
>
> BUG!!!! the "om" disapeared!
>
> 7) yes, the "om" is still here but you cannot see it! proof: type any
> letter and you will see the letters "o" and "m" reappear!
>
> it's just a display bug, but it it really ennoying when editing text in
> those expanded text fields, e.g. when sending email with a webmail
interface
> like gmail.
>
> it took me a while to find how to reproduce it... but i saw it many times
> happening, i.e. a word disapears and reappears at the end of a line.
>
> can someone reproduce and confirm?
>
> MSFT: is that a known bug?
>
>
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