1326856 - Modal dialog doesn't completely forbid drag and drop (UI is misleading)

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[arni2033]

>>>   My Info:   Win7_64, Nightly 49, 32bit, ID 20160526082509
STR_1:
1. Right-click any bookmark
2. Click "Preferences" menuitem
3. Select all text in the field "Location", then drag it to location bar
4. Drag the text to the right side of selected tab, then drag it to another tab

AR:  Caret appears inside urlbar. Drop indicator appears near the tab, another tab becomes selected
ER:  There should be no caret and no drop indicator, as I can't drop anything anyway


STR_2:
1. Open  about:config?filter=pixelsper
2. Doubleclick the pref  [modal dialog with input field will open]
3. Select all text inside the input field, then drag it to location bar
4. Drag the text to the right side of selected tab

AR:  Caret appears inside location bar. Drop indicator appears at the right side of selected tab
ER:  There should be no caret and no drop indicator, as I can't drop anything anyway


STR_3:
1. Open  about:preferences#advanced -> Network
2. Click "Settings..."
3. Open any other application (Notepad++), then drag any text from that application to location bar
4. Drag the text to the right side of selected tab

AR:  Caret appears inside location bar. Drop indicator appears at the right side of selected tab
ER:  There should be no caret and no drop indicator, as I can't drop anything anyway

Comment 1

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

Sounds like a front end issue with drag indicators. Might be in toolkit as well, but doesn't belong in widget.