110271 - Right Click->Copy doesn't work

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Error Console, defect)

Description

[Itamar]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.5+) Gecko/20011114
BuildID: 2001111403   

Can't copy entries from the javascript console to clipboard
when using mouse rightclick->copy
only Ctrl+C or menu edit->Copy works

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Find a site that create errors in the JavaScript Console
like http://www.ynet.co.il
2.right click on one of the errors
3.select copy
4.try pasting the copied error

Actual Results:  nothing is copied

Expected Results:  entry is copied into the clipboard

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Hppens on linux as well (text is not placed in Clipboard).

Comment 2

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

Attachment: Suggested Patch

Comment 3

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

taking this bug

Comment 4

[Blake Ross]

Comment on attachment 59223 [details] [diff] [review]
Suggested Patch

sr=blake

Comment 5

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

timeless checked this patch in

Comment 6

[[not reading bugmail]]

I'm wondering if this code/patch would fix the mail/news display pane context
menu copy behavior bug as well that appears to not be implemented all the way.
bug 108339.