Bug 9661

Summary:	textContent returns "\n" for a <br> or a '\n' even if it is collapsed
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	David Kilzer (:ddkilzer) <ddkilzer>
Component:	Forms	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	Normal	CC:	adele, annevk, ap, darin, ian, justin.garcia, mitz, sullivan
Priority:	P2
Version:	420+
Hardware:	Mac
OS:	OS X 10.4

Description David Kilzer (:ddkilzer) 2006-06-29 23:49:19 PDT

When the last character in a text input field is deleted, a <br> placeholder is inserted.  The problem is that textContent returns "\n" for a <br> even if it's collapsed.  In HTMLInputElement:setValueFromRenderer(), value = "\n" and constrainValue(value) = "".

See Bug 9358 for the original issue (an assertion failure).

Comment 1 Justin Garcia 2006-10-26 18:45:26 PDT

textContent also returns '\n' for a '\n' even if it is collapsed.  Renaming.

Comment 2 Darin Adler 2007-01-08 10:02:27 PST

I believe the behavior of textContent is correct, and it's the client that has a problem. I believe this bug report may be INVALID.

Comment 3 Anne van Kesteren 2023-09-01 04:40:32 PDT

Resolving this per comment 2 as INVALID as without a test case proving otherwise it seems highly unlikely that textContent has a bug.