631292 - During drag selection and Keyboard selection, Status overlay covers the start/end of selection range if mouse pointer on a link

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Alice0775 White]

After landing Bug 541656,

Status overlay covers the start/end of selection range.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Minefield with new profile
2. Open attached html
3. Drag selection start at any position
4. Drag to the bottom


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Minefield with new profile
2. Open attached html
3. Put mouse on a link
4. Keyboard selection start at any position
4. Select to the bottom (Shift + down arrow kay)

Actual Results:  
 Status overlay covers the start/end position of selection
 I can not see exact position of start/end of selection.

Expected Results:  
 Shuld not. 
 Status overlay should go away other position.

Comment 1

[Alice0775 White]

Attachment: sample html

Comment 2

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

Looks like we're not getting the mouseover event while dragging :(

Comment 3

[Alice0775 White]

And scroll up by drag selection is difficult especially in fullscreen mode and in case of auto hide Windows Task bar in Maximize mode.

Comment 4

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

Not a blocker, but we'd take a patch.