468856 - places.xul: mousewheel trying to open the clipboard content instead of the bookmark

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[paul.ardemue]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2) Gecko/20081201 Firefox/3.1b2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2) Gecko/20081201 Firefox/3.1b2

When you use the bookmark manager by browsing to chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul the mousewheel button does not properly open your bookmarks (though it works perfectly using Bookmarks > Organize bookmarks). Actually it opens them (in new tabs as expected) but does not wait for the page to load and switches the URL with your clipboard content.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type anything in your search bar then copy it
2. Open chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul
3. Click any bookmark with the mousewheel button
Actual Results:  
It opens a new tab, loads the bookmark URL, then switches that URL with your clipboard content.

Expected Results:  
It should open the clicked bookmark item in a new tab.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

could you try in safe mode please? http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

Comment 2

[paul.ardemue]

I just did and it does not change anything.

Comment 3

[paul.ardemue]

I've just noted that it does not replace the URL with the clipboard content as in Ctrl + V but with the clipboard content as in mousewheel button click : if I select some text in a page in firefox, that text can be pasted using the mousewheel button, and that text does not necessarily match the clipboard content.

Comment 4

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

this could be due to an external mouse manager software. i can't see why middle click should try to paste.
i cannot reproduce
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; it; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2