1108341 - Context menu entries use the original URI instead of the current URI

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Menus, defect)

Description

[Alexander Bergmann]

When I open the picture http://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico, the request gets redirected by the server to https://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico. The icon is correctly shown in the browser and the location is correctly displayed in the urlbar as https://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico.

However, if I try to copy the image location using the context menu entry "Copy Image Location", the original URI http://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico is copied.

I think, instead of the original URI of the request, the current URI of the request - as correctly displayed in the urlbar - should be copied.

The very same problem affects "Copy Image", "Copy Image Location", "Save Image As" and "Email Image". It also affects the context menu entries for audio and video.

Comment 1

[Alexander Bergmann]

I am also the developer of the add-on Redirect Cleaner (https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/redirect-cleaner/). It uses nsIHttpChannel.redirectTo() to rewrite certain requests. If you use Redirect Cleaner the problem as described in comment #0 becomes more obvious.

A link like http://www.example.com?url=https://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico gets rewritten by Redirect Cleaner to https://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico. The icon is correctly shown in the browser and the location is correctly displayed in the urlbar as https://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico.

However, if I try to copy the image location using the context menu entry "Copy Image Location", the original URI http://www.example.com?url=https://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico is copied.

If I try to save the image using the context menu entry "Save Image As" the image is not saved at all. Instead the page http://www.example.com?url=https://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico is saved.