Open Bug 1395520 Opened 8 years ago Updated 3 years ago

Support dragging Windows-format InternetShortcut files on other platforms

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop, defect)

57 Branch
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Status
firefox55 --- affected
firefox56 --- affected
firefox57 --- affected
firefox58 --- wontfix
firefox59 --- fix-optional

People

(Reporter: hyacoub, Unassigned)

Details

[Affected versions]: Nightly 57.0a1 [Affected platforms]: Platforms: Mac OS X 10.12 and Ubuntu 16.04 x64. [Steps to reproduce]: 1. Open Firefox. 2. Download this file https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4FHsML7tYx9emNHNmZLb0M2NTA 3. Drag and drop the .url file in Firefox. [Expected result]: The file redirects the user to the site that bookmark was linked to. [Actual result]: Drag and drop an .html / bookmark file to the browser isn't working
This is a Windows-specific shortcut file. Chrome appears to support them on other platforms however.
Summary: Drag and drop an .html / bookmark file to the browser isn't working → Support dragging Windows-format InternetShortcut files on other platforms
Severity: normal → S3
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