[TYPO3-core] FYI: Fixed bug #14996: htmlArea RTE: Clicking in drop down boxes should mark text

[Helmut Hummel]

Hi Stanislas,

On 04.07.10 22:34, Stanislas Rolland wrote:
> 
> Problem:
> When you click on the text in a drop down box and then type a letter,
> the letter is put inside the currently displayed text. Thus the
> auto-complete feature does not work correctly.

Great you are at this.

> Solution:
> Clicking in the drop down should mark the text and typing the first
> letter should delete it. This works correctly, when clicking on the
> arrow at the right edge of the drop down.
> 
> The attached patch modifies the configuration of all drop downs.

This does not work for me in Safari 5.

I also think that it would be best usabilitywise if clicking in the text
would behave like klicking the arrow (that's how selectboxes work actually).

Regards Helmut