Last modified: 2014-02-03 13:14:03 UTC
When log in to wikipedia the new jquery.placeholder.js (Gerrit change #98137) is used on Special:UserLogin. When the cpu is high, and the username is typed and than with tab the password field is selected and the password is typed, sometimes the first letters of the password are missing. Sometimes the whole placeholder text is select and will stay in the input box. Please revert or fix the new jquery.placeholder.js. Thanks.
This was previously raised in the comments on that change by Umherirrender, but I was unable to reproduce the issue quickly and did not have time to poke at it more vigorously. :(
To quote: Umherirrender, Nov 30 5:04 PM > qunit tests under IE8 fails for jquery.placeholder > > jquery.placeholder: emulates placeholder for <input type=text> (3, > 19, 22) > * `$el.val("")` should change the `value` attribute > * `$el.val("")` should re-enable `placeholder` class > * $el.placeholder(<string>) should update the displayed placeholder > value > > jquery.placeholder: emulates placeholder for <input type=email> (3, > 19, 22) > * the same as above > > jquery.placeholder: emulates placeholder for <input type=tel> (3, > 19, 22) > * the same as above > Expected is a value, but result is a empty string. Please have a > look. Thanks. Bartosz Dziewoński, Nov 30 7:48 PM > All tests pass for me on IE8 :o http://i.imgur.com/TWGtJVO.png Umherirrender, Nov 30 11:59 PM > Looks like a race condition, when cpu is high. Because sometimes it > fails with all tests and pass when testing the module only, but it > also possible that the module test failed. Seen with monobook and > vector.
Microsoft will drop support for Windows XP and therefor the user with Internet Explorer will decrease. Nobody will care about that in 3 months, marking wontfix. Other bugs also open to track the placeholder problems on some browser versions, see bug 48918 or bug 47057
If Microsoft drops support does not matter if in reality enough people still use it. Plus we are not actively against fixing this and would accept patches, hence reverting WONTFIX and setting low priority.
