1460225 - The content loaded in the Side View sidebar cannot be selected

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1383910

(WebExtensions :: General, defect, P2)

Description

[Cristina Badescu [:cbadescu], Experiments QA]

Attachment: SV - cannot select text inside the sidebar.gif

[Affected versions]:
- Firefox 59.0.3 and up
- Side View 0.4.3

[Affected Platforms]:
- All Windows
- All Mac
- All Linux

[Prerequisites]:
- Have a clean Firefox profile with the latest Side View v0.4.3 installed from https://github.com/mozilla/side-view.

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Open the Firefox browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Navigate to a website that has text and click the "Open Side View" action button from the address bar.
3. Hover over a text from the sidebar and try to select it.
4. Observe the behavior.

[Expected result]:
- The cursor changes into a text caret and the text can be selected.

[Actual result]:
- The cursor is displayed as an arrow and the text can not be selected.

[Notes]:
- This issue is reproducible for both Desktop and Mobile site version.
- However, the images can be selected and dragged from the sidebar.
- Attached is a screen recording with this issue.

Comment 1

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

Might be bug 1383910, however it doesn't look like browser_style is set...

https://github.com/mozilla/side-view/blob/master/addon/manifest.json.tmpl#L42

Comment 2

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

We enable browser_style by default in the sidebar.  setting it to false in the manifest might fix it.

Comment 3

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

verified comment 2.

Comment 4

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

This needs to be fixed in Side View.  The issue at https://github.com/mozilla/side-view/issues/214 is closed, I don't know if it can be re-opened or if a new issue is needed...

Comment 5

[Cristina Badescu [:cbadescu], Experiments QA]

Thanks for answering. I've reopened the issue in the GitHub repository.

Comment 6

[Ian Bicking (:ianbicking)]

Thanks for that note, browser_style: false did fix it.