Mobile/IME Bugs

IME bugs in native UI

Native UI specific

ID	Pri	Summary	Note
bug 697773	P1	Cannot type in AwesomeBar URL bar with hard keyboard	Waiting for a Droid Pro
bug 697838	P3	Flickering may occur after deleting uncommitted double byte characters
bug 697828	P3	Droid Pro invokes a KeyCharacterMap on every page	Waiting for a Droid Pro
bug 699465	--	Tapping on the urlbar does not bring up keyboard; 2nd tap displays context menu (HTC G2)	Cannot reproduce on Nexus One and HTC Sensation.
bug 695460	P4	Context menus	Assigned to wesj
bug 697265	P3	Support clipboard operations in edit fields	Depends on bug 695460. Assigned to wesj
bug 697807	P4	Make it possible to change the input method in a text edit field	Depends on bug 695460
bug 696319	P1	Scroll web content input into view	Fixed

Older bugs still happening in native UI

ID	Pri	Summary	Note
bug 632542	P2	SlideIT VKB does not type anything in a field after hitting the system back button	Fixed
bug 618921	P2	the chat capability of etherpad application doesn't work with fennec	Fixed
bug 603805	P3	Switching from portrait to landscape or vice versa will close the virtual keyboard	bug 698114 fixes this.
bug 640025	P4	Clear text function using ezKeyboard does not work	Fixed
bug 640028	P3	typing in the first character in simeji will cause the text to scroll to a position that is unreadable due to the text helper from simeji	bug 696319 fixes this.
bug 659202	--	Tablet VKB covers up panning of auto filled textboxes	bug 696319 fixes this.
bug 630576	P4	Fennec should send key events to content	Got some useful info from Masayuki. WIP patch attached.
bug 632538	P5	For the VKB, Barcode Keyboard 's next button does not move the cursor to the next field	Seems like the IME problem. WONTFIX?
bug 667619	--	[VKB] Portrait to landscape rotation does not fullscreen the virtual keyboard on field tap	After bug 698114 the keyboard stays visible when orientation changes. This is low priority.

Require prerequisites

ID	Pri	Summary	Missing Prerequisites
bug 605358	P1	VKB opened in fullscreen landscape mode for Find In Page does not hide on pressing Search	Requires Find In Page feature
bug 624333	P2	form helper doesn't allow input while keyboard is showing	No form helper
bug 606019	P3	Form Helper will move around after typing in a textbox using Simeji in landscape and panning	No form helper
bug 635131	P4	Preview of closed tab not updated when undoing a closed tab w/ keyboard	No tabs preview yet

Other

E10s/XUL specific

ID	Pri	Summary
bug 611730	P2	urlbar context menu and landscape keyboard both appear on long tap
bug 639958	P4	After committing text by clicking on the awesome bar, context menu will appear behind the soft keyboard if in landscape using Simeji
bug 621438	P4	Virtual keyboard for ContentEditable areas shouldn't try to provide autocompletion
bug 691237	--	Text entry gets mangled in Swype 3.9.86.27849 on Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Aurora 9.0a2
bug 691163	--	Swype 3.25.91.31127 inserts a space after every letter typed
bug 688423	--	Virtual Keyboard is automatically dismissed from awesomescreen when opening a new tab

Need more investigation

ID	Pri	Summary	Note
bug 686360	--	JSLinux ran within a canvas does not accept keyboard input from virtual keyboard	bug 630576?
bug 676238	P2	Local about pages are not always properly painted when virtual keyboard is closed	Assigned to mbrubeck
bug 669995	P3	Virtual keyboard does not automatically appear on etherpad	Assigned to snorp
bug 670694	--	virtual keyboard is not displayed when editing input boxes	Assigned to snorp
bug 615166	P3	Search button in landscape mode has the wrong caption	Works as stock browser
bug 605342	P4	[RTL] after typing in arabic characters, the arabic characters are not right justified on the awesome page	WIP patch ready?
bug 683767	--	Text input incompatibility with flext9	Very likely e10s issue
bug 624290	P1	back key isn't working intermittently with hard keyboard in text input on samsung epic	Cannot reproduce. Confirmed by nhirata
bug 600566	P2	switch from physical to virtual keyboard in middle of text box entry doesn't bring up virtual keyboard	The problem as described is not reproducible. Agreed with Madhava on the behavior.
bug 688736	--	Sometimes Virtual Keyboard is displayed while Hardware Keyboard is already used	HKB - Device specific?
bug 671273	--	Alt & Alt lock keys don't work correctly for maps.google.com text fields	HKB - Device specific?
bug 685537	--	[HKb] Fn key + key is not working properly on Desire Z's Android keyboard	HKB - Device specific. Has WIP patch
bug 640023	P3	Kaeda IME does not seem to type in Japanese with the keyboard out.	Cannot reproduce. Confirmed by nhirata
bug 695626	--	keyup event is only fired with android hardware keyboard although keydown and keypress aren't fired	Low priority?
bug 688717	--	No keyboard is shown when trying to enter text with suggestions	bug 669995?
bug 686789	--	keyboard doesn't open up in yammer.com or facebook.com	bug 669995?
bug 635289	P4	menu click on link should open in a new tab	HKB - New feature
bug 686332	--	Text entry does not accept system-wide android editing keystrokes	HKB - New feature
bug 645811	P4	Show hkb editing symbols for shift and alt mode	HKB - New feature
bug 628748	P4	SCR: Please allow the options button on the android to change the IME	New feature