1679398 - Old modal lets the user select the page range over the actual number of pages to print

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Printing: Setup, defect)

Description

[Catalin Sasca, Desktop QA [:csasca]]

Affected versions

• Firefox 84.0b4
• Firefox 85.0a1

Affected platforms

• macOS 11.1
• Windows
• Ubuntu

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox
2. Access any page
3. If new modal is active, select "Print using the system dialog"
4. Select Pages - From: 1 to for example 9999

Expected result

• A message stating that the value is invalid is shown

Actual result

• No errors are shown, and the printing process starts

Regression range

• Not sure if this is a regression, as 72.0b1 is affected as well.

Additional notes

• The issue can be seen in the following attachment

Suggested severity

• S3

Comment 1

[Emilio Cobos Álvarez (:emilio)]

I think this is fine tbf, I'd be ok wontfixing this.

Comment 2

[Jonathan Kew [:jfkthame]]

Agreed, this is how system print dialogs generally work: they don't have validation of the page range, they just accept the numbers given, and print whatever falls within that range.