0010564: Mantis is generating empty spaces in field description, summary (all textareafields)

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0010564

mantisbt

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2009-06-05 06:36

2009-06-26 11:59

Reporter

Jimi_Joma

Assigned To

jreese

Priority

normal

Severity

tweak

Reproducibility

always

Status

closed

Resolution

unable to reproduce

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Product Version

1.1.7

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Summary

0010564: Mantis is generating empty spaces in field description, summary (all textareafields)

Description

While adding a new bug there are many empty spaces in all textfields at the beginning of each field. When you want to enter for example summary the mousepointer starts at about 16 blanks. Each time you update a bug, Mantis adds more empty spaces.

Additional Information

This problem could be solved by changing the files: bug_report_page.php; bug_report_advanced_page.php;bug_update_page.php and bug_update_advanced_page.php

For example: Change this piece of sourcecode

<tr <?php echo helper_alternate_class() ?>>
    <td class="category">
        <?php echo lang_get( 'description' ) ?>
    </td>
    <td colspan="5">
        <textarea <?php echo helper_get_tab_index() ?> cols="80" rows="10"
        name="description"><?php echo $t_bug->description ?></textarea>
    </td>
</tr>

into:


<tr <?php echo helper_alternate_class() ?>>
    <td class="category">
        <?php echo lang_get( 'description' ) ?>
    </td>
    <td colspan="5">
        <textarea <?php echo helper_get_tab_index() ?> cols="80" rows="10" name="description"><?php echo $t_bug->description ?></textarea>
    </td>
</tr>

without a line break in the textarea and you wont have empty spaces in your textarea.

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Mantis.doc [^] (359,936 bytes) 2009-06-05 06:36

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(0022051) jreese (administrator) 2009-06-05 09:36	I can't reproduce this in any version of Mantis, not to mention that a line break in the middle of an HTML tag like that should never cause random spaces to be inserted into the text field. It's part of the HTML specification that whitespace between tag attributes is insignificant.

(0022053) Jimi_Joma (reporter) 2009-06-06 06:15	This problem could not reproduced with the original mantis files, you are right. In my files I had that line break and two tabs and W3C says: "The TEXTAREA element creates a multi-line text input control. User agents should use the contents of this element as the initial value of the control and should render this text initially.(http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.7 [^])" So the empty spaces are produced by line break with two tabs in the middle of these HTML Tags.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2009-06-05 06:36	Jimi_Joma	New Issue
2009-06-05 06:36	Jimi_Joma	File Added: Mantis.doc
2009-06-05 09:36	jreese	Note Added: 0022051
2009-06-05 09:36	jreese	Status	new => resolved
2009-06-05 09:36	jreese	Resolution	open => unable to reproduce
2009-06-05 09:36	jreese	Assigned To	=> jreese
2009-06-06 06:15	Jimi_Joma	Note Added: 0022053
2009-06-26 11:59	vboctor	Status	resolved => closed

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