1521712 - Clicking on a scrollbar area with the element picker should select the element this scrollbar belongs to

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Inspector, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Today you can't click on scrollbars to select elements in the inspector. Doing so doesn't select anything and keeps the picker engaged.
The idea would be for this to actually select the element the scrollbar belongs to, and disengage the picker.

This would help a lot with investigating overflow issues. Sometimes you're not sure which element in the DOM has the overflow (i.e. the scrollbar), as there may be many similar-size elements nested.

Comment 1

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Attachment: Bug 1521712 - Pick on mouseup to allow picking scrollbars; r?rcaliman

Comment 2

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Try push URL for this patch: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&revision=9fca86bdeed97cc81f1ad2e91dff4d128b9f5838

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/7f6996c8b32f
Pick on mouseup to allow picking scrollbars; r=rcaliman

Comment 4

[Andrei Ciure[:aciure]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7f6996c8b32f

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Backout by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/5e7f43df5048
Backed out changeset 7f6996c8b32f for breaking firefox when devtools is opened a=backout

Comment 7

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

I had attempted an earlier fix in bug 1312146, in attachment 9029936 [details] [diff] [review].

Comment 8

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Unassigning me from this bug for the moment. We'll likely pick this up again in Q2 2019, but it might not be me.

Comment 9

[Maria Ortiz [ :marylicious ]]

Is someone working on this bug? I want to try it.