1211285 - Copy Link location should not include view-source:

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1210381

(Toolkit :: View Source, defect)

Description

[Peter Bengtsson [:peterbe]]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to some page that has external resources referenced, like a .css file. 
2. Cmd-U or (right-click and "View Page Source")
3. Spot a link (appears in nice blue)
4. Right click and select "Copy Link Location"
5. Paste somewhere else (e.g. to a wget command)

Expected result:
The NON-view-source URL of the resource
For example `https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/data/assets/227bea8f366f56950fed8757a78343d8.css`

Actual result:
For example `view-source:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/data/assets/227bea8f366f56950fed8757a78343d8.css`

Comment 1

[Peter Bengtsson [:peterbe]]

Oh, it's not specific to static assets. It's even for links like `<a href="http://example.com">Some link</a>`.
Right-clicking and selecting "Copy Link Location" becomes `view-source:http://example.com` which isn't very useful.

I still like the idea that every link or reference is prefixed with view-source when I single-click on them.

Comment 2

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

A fix will be landing for this soon in bug 1210381.