166631 - Page search disabled when Flash plugin present

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Search, defect)

Description

[Jim McCabe]

I've noticed a new problem with 1.1 that has not been there in previous
versions.  When a Flash object is embedded in a page, the search functions are
disabled and unavailable. Sometimes the search functions will remain disabled
for subsequent pages as well, and eventually the browser will crash.  I'm not
sure if this is an interaction with the Flash plugin or Mozilla, but it only
started happening in 1.1.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Is "view-source" also disabled?

Comment 2

[Jim McCabe]

This one might be difficult to reproduce because it doesn't happen every time a
Flash object is in a page, only sometimes.  In fact I've seen it happen most
often when I've got a FRAMESET as the enclosing document, and one of the inner
FRAME windows contains a Flash object.

I always notice first that Ctrl-F (find) doesn't work, it just gets ignored. 
The right-click context menu seems fine in the frame, including "View Page
Source" and "This Frame - View Frame Source".  However, everything in the
browser's "Edit" menu is disabled except for "Select All" and "Preferences".

Comment 3

[Erich 'Ricky' Iseli]

Reporter, please provide an URL where you experience this bug. Thanks.

Comment 4

[Jim McCabe]

We might have to give up on this one, because the page is an internal testing
tool within my company that I can't give out.  And it happens inconsistently. 
Next time I see it (if ever) on a public page I'll reopen the log.