Closed Bug 14455 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

Can't select after clicking on link in editor

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P2)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Editor
Platform:
All
Mac System 8.5
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: sfraser_bugs, Assigned: buster)

Details

After clicking on a link in the editor, focus issues prevent selection from
showing up; selection outside the link no longer appears to do anything.
Priority: P3 → P2
Target Milestone: M11
This is a usability issue for mail. M11.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
coincidentally, I sent a note to the newsgroup yesterday asking about this very
issue:

sometime in the recent past, links became focus-able in the editor.  I
don't think this behavior makes sense, since our model is that the link
acts like inline styles.

I noticed that nsHTMLAnchorElement::SetFocus calls
nsIEventStateManager::SetContentState unconditionally, whereas
nsHTMLAnchorElement::HandleDOMEvent only calls it if there is a link
handler (the editor has no link handler.)  This seems inconsistent.

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I'll try adding the null link handler check and see if that makes this work
right.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
this was the fix.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
verified in 9/22 build.
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