Selecting text follows link
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(Firefox :: General, defect, P5)
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(Reporter: local, Unassigned)
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What should happen: Holding alt and selecting text within a link should only select that text.
What happens: When browser.altClickSave is set (formerly the default), this action downloads the link target.
This is a security issue because when I see the link e.g. "meet hot caucasians here" I might want to select "hot caucasians" and search for that. I do not, however, want to follow the link.
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Address Bar' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please revert this change in case you think the bot is wrong.
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 2•2 years ago
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I was no longer able to reproduce this, could you confirm that I've understood and tested correctly?
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Comment 3•2 years ago
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Comment 4•2 years ago
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I can reproduce it after setting browser.altClickSave to true. Text is selected but also the link is downloaded once I let go of the mouse button.
I was going to suggest wontfixing this since it's pretty clear what you're getting if you set browser.altClickSave, but IMO it would be nice if we could detect that you selected some text and then prevent saving once you let go of the mouse button. That seems doable especially considering that when browser.altClickSave is false, we do not open links when you repeat the same steps.
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