mouse cursor over input field shows as arrow instead of beam

[Alfonso Martínez de Lizarrondo]

Tested Firefox 3.1 and IE8, open any dialog and move the mouse over an <input type="text">

The cursor remains as an arrow, it isn't clear that the user can type there.

The cursor should have changed to the "beam" indicating that it's an active text input.

The problem is due to the reset.css file.

[Garry Yao]

This one should be fixed with #3180.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

No, this has nothing to do with #3180.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

The correct fix should be in the reset.css file. Instead of setting the cursor to "default", we should use "auto" there. Then, if anything in the editor needs a specific cursor, it should define it by itself.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

Ok, it looks like "auto" works well for IE, but not FF. In any case, it's a good thing to have, so other things, like anchors, will have their correct cursors automatically.

The cursor definitions are ok for input and textarea. The only thins is that the dialog buttons got the "text" cursor after the patch, so they need to be fixed also.

I'm taking over the ticket so we can quickly close it.

[Artur Formella]

I'm not sure if this is the right way. Insert in source mode:

<input type="text">

Move the cursor over the input. It isn't clear that the user can't type there.

[Martin Kou]

I'm proposing a new patch, because the previous patch is still wrong in the following cases:

1. If I move my mouse cursor over a checkbox, I'm getting the beam cursor.
2. If I move my mouse cursor over a disabled textbox, I'm also getting a beam cursor.

I've also found the issue where "cursor: auto" is interpreted as the default arrow cursor for text inputs is specific to Firefox - IE, Safari and Opera correctly interpreted that as the beam cursor.

So the new patch would apply the beam cursor only for non-disabled text inputs. And if required, it would apply the style only to Gecko based browsers.

[Martin Kou]

Fixed with [3464].

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