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Package:           khtml
Version:           4.0 (using KDE 3.0.0 )
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    Gentoo
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.19-r1
OS/Compiler notes: 

Possibly related to this bug: http://bugs.kde.org/db/22/22204.html

When scrolling using the mouse wheel through a page that has combo boxes (ie. <select> and <option>) if the mouse happens to pass over a combo box while scrolling the page will stop scrolling and instead the combo box selection will be changed.

In my opinion this is very counter-intuitive: the selection should not be changed if I don't have the combo box in focus.  This is much more annoying then bug 22204 which simply causes the page to stop scrolling.  With combo boxes there is the potential for data loss/corruption if the user inadvertently selects the wrong item while say scrolling down the page to look for the submit button.  This is also extremely annoying on sites that try to load a new page with <select onChange="..."> as you might guess.

A solution to this problem would probably be as simple as disabling scrolling within all <form> components on the page when the component is not selected.  Well I don't know if this is actually simple but you get the idea :)

To try this out yourself try scrolling through a Slashdot article when you have moderator access :)

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