514556 - DOM Inspector "find a node to inspect by clicking it" doesn't work for embed/object tags

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 217364

(Other Applications :: DOM Inspector, defect)

Description

[Chris]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090803 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Shiretoko/3.5.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090803 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Shiretoko/3.5.2

At the above URL and several other Amazon Widgets URLs where the preview widget is an EMBED or OBJECT tag, DOM Inspector doesn't acknowledge if I click it after clicking "find a node to inspect by clicking it".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to the URL above.
2. Build a widget, and reach the page where a preview is displayed.
3. Open DOM Inspector.
4. Click "find a node to inspect by clicking it."
5. Switch back into the main Firefox window.
6. Click the preview widget.
7. Switch back to DOM Inspector.
Actual Results:  
The selection doesn't change. "Find a node to inspect by clicking it" remains held down.

Expected Results:  
The OBJECT tag with id "Player" is selected.

Comment 1

[Dave Garrett]

Reproduced with DOM Inspector 2.0.3 on Firefox 3.5.2 on Linux and Windows XP.

Yep, this doesn't work on Flash or plugins of any kind. Looks like an old bug.