267945 - Mouse Cursor 'jumps' on clicking links

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[James Norris]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2

When clicking links in Linux builds of firefox, using Mandrake with KDE 3.2 and
custom 2.6 kernel (for ATi graphics drivers, mostly) the mouse cursor will jump
to the right hand side of the link moving about an inch. If the mouse is still
over the link after it's moved, the click will be counted, if not, it won't
(unless the movement moves the cursor over another link, in which case it will
navigate to the new link, not the original one.)

This has happened since I was using 0.7 and has been a problem with all
nightlies I've used and official releases since then. Have tried with clean
profile on latest RC2 build. But still happens. For current build info, see the
included build dates, but only occurs in Linux (as I'm reporting on Windows machine)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open a page with hyperlinks or buttons that redirect you to another page.
2.Click the link or button.

Actual Results:  
Mouse cursor 'jumps' about an inch to the right hand side of the link,
sometimes, resulting in the link not activating.

Expected Results:  
Should have navigated to the location suggested by the link and the mouse cursor
should stay still.

Comment 1

[Jerry Merritt]

When attempting to click on a link, as the left mouse button is clicked the the
cursor will jump away from the link.  Have seen this since .92 using Windows XP.

Comment 2

[James Norris]

Still seeing this on Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8a6)
Gecko/20050105 Firefox/1.0+

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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