Internet Explorer 6 and 7 fails with four or more of the buttons on the graphical markup toolbar: de-selection of text seems to be common

Posted by Graham Perrin on Jan 31, 2009; 5:22pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Internet-Explorer-6-and-7-fails-with-four-or-more-of-the-buttons-on-the-graphical-markup-toolbar-de-n-tp2250581.html

Internet Explorer 7, Windows XP.

1. in the midst of a message composition window, select some text

2. click the Link button

3. follow the IE prompt to Temporarily Allow Scripted Windows; click the drop-down

4. observe the loss of selection in the dialogue

5. re-select the text

6. click the Link button

7. in the dialogue, complete the URL

8. key Enter

9. observe persistence of the dialogue

10. again, key Enter

Bugs

IE 7 requirement to repeatedly allow scripted windows is a PITA, maybe there's a Microsoft user preference to reduce this annoyance.

Responding to Microsoft's scripted window dialogue (drop-down) should not de-select text that was previously selected.

The dialogue in which the http:// URL is entered should close in response to the first press of the Enter key.

The selected text (in the midst of the text editing area) is not marked up.

The twice-entered link appears twice, away from the selected text — beginning at character position 1 of line 1.

The i-beam cursor rests between (a) the second entry of the hyper-link and (b) the character that was previously at character position 1 line 1.