1234437 - In Firefox for Android, clicking a link goes to the URL above it on the screen.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1231554

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[don_hiebert]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/43.0
Build ID: 20151216175450
Firefox for Android

Steps to reproduce:

Go to https://weather.gc.ca. 
On right side, click on "Access city".

This started about a week ago, I'm not sure if 42 was involved or only 43. I'm running a Samsung Note 10.1 running Android 4.1.2 . This example is just the simplest site I could find. I tried "Beta" and it fails the same way. Chrome works fine, so I don't think it's the pad.



Actual results:

Notice that you end up at "Jet Streams", which is the link above the one you clicked. If there isn't a link above, it doesn't go anywhere. Try "Weather" , "Alerts" or "Marine".

I've also noted that when I click on the link, if you look at the "Jet Stream icon, it responds as if it was clicked... the two seem joined somehow.
I know everybody says this, but I didn't do anything to it before it started to fail. I'm not sure when it upgraded to 43, as it happens automatically. I would have down-reved, but they're not available, for Android anyway.


Expected results:

A input box and a "Go" button should appear to the left of "Access".

Comment 1

[don_hiebert]

Hello:
   Since I put in the bug I downloaded the Beta version, which updated... no change.
I then found a site (uptodown.com)that had older versions. I loaded 42.0, 42.0.1, and 42.0.2. All seemed to work fine (using the weather site for a test). So far as I can test, this is a bug in version 43.

Comment 2

[Frank Tank]

Hello
I have a similar problem with Firefox for example on www.finanznachrichten.de
Sometimes a link above or under is selected instead of the link i want to tap - even in full zoom.
And on some links a long tap only activates the text instead of opening the link.
Maybe its a Problem of this website but Google Chrome has no problems...