Removed the links to chinstrap mockups as none-of-the mockups actually show the issue reported here.
** Description changed: See also bug #725493 ("Moving cursor in dash text entry field causes - cursor artifacts"): + cursor artefacts"): The Dash cursor height changes depending on whether the box is empty (displaying the faded hint "Search") or whether the user has typed in it. Ideally the cursor height should be constant. This is possibly that the text height is not being setup until text needs to be drawn, and so it is falling back to the system default. - - See designs in - https://chinstrap.canonical.com/~sabdfl/11_04/desktop_and_netbook/dash/Dash_desktop/ - and - https://chinstrap.canonical.com/~sabdfl/11_04/desktop_and_netbook/dash/Dash_fullscreen/ - - The implementation should aim to match these designs. ** Description changed: See also bug #725493 ("Moving cursor in dash text entry field causes cursor artefacts"): The Dash cursor height changes depending on whether the box is empty (displaying the faded hint "Search") or whether the user has typed in it. Ideally the cursor height should be constant. This is possibly that the text height is not being setup until text needs to be drawn, and so it is falling back to the system default. + + Per MPT from dup: What should happen: either + * the hint text, caret, and entered text should all be the same height. ** Description changed: See also bug #725493 ("Moving cursor in dash text entry field causes cursor artefacts"): The Dash cursor height changes depending on whether the box is empty (displaying the faded hint "Search") or whether the user has typed in it. Ideally the cursor height should be constant. This is possibly that the text height is not being setup until text needs to be drawn, and so it is falling back to the system default. - Per MPT from dup: What should happen: either + Per MPT from dup: What should happen: * the hint text, caret, and entered text should all be the same height. ** Summary changed: - Dash cursor height is smaller if text box is empty + Dash cursor/caret/hint/entry height is smaller if text box is empty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/731135 Title: Dash cursor/caret/hint/entry height is smaller if text box is empty -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs