1181378 - There is no way to cancel the text selection

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect, P5)

Description

[Michal Purzynski [:michal`] (use NEEDINFO)]

1. Open some website
2. Select a single word or a line (does not matter)
3. A small submenu pops up, to copy text (the right icon) or select all (the left icon)
4. If you change your mind and want to cancel the selection, without copying anything, there is no way to do it. I clicked outside of the selected text, but the menu does not go away
5. the only way to get rid of the menu, is to use the copy button (might be bad if I have something more valuable, already)

Also, when you have a text selected and lock screen, it stays selected after unlocking screen, but there is no way to de-select it.

Comment 1

[Michael Henretty [:mikehenrty][:mhenretty]]

Note, this bug actually applies to the Sport.pl application in Marketplace, and not all websites.

https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/sportpl/

Comment 2

[Gregor Wagner [:gwagner]]

[Blocking Requested - why for this release]:

Comment 3

[Michael Henretty [:mikehenrty][:mhenretty]]

Note, this might be a Tech Evangelism issue. We should investigate what is going on with that app.

Comment 4

[Michal Purzynski [:michal`] (use NEEDINFO)]

Yes - it is definitely application specific.

Comment 5

[Mahendra Potharaju [:mahe]]

[Tracking Requested - why for this release]:

Its application specific, and looks like a tech Evagnelism issue. Removed nomination for 2.5

Comment 6

[Jens Stutte [:jstutte]]

Bulk-downgrade of unassigned, >=5 years untouched DOM/Storage bugs' priority.

If you have reason to believe this is wrong (especially for the severity), please write a comment and ni :jstutte.