1716758 - An element with a redirect link has no effect when clicked

Status: ASSIGNED

(Firefox :: PDF Viewer, defect, P1)

Description

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Attachment: 1d8160be-abd4-4168-8fcb-9db3f0ff6e1b.pdf

Note

• When the user loads the corresponding PDF file and clicks the "Visit Assure Dynamics for more solutions | www.assuredynamics.com" linked header, he will notice that the redirect is not happening.

Affected versions

• Nightly v91.0a1

Affected platforms

• all

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch browser.
2. Flip the pdfjs.enableXfa to true.
3. Load the attached PDF file.
4. Click on the linked header.

Expected result

• The corresponding link is being opened in a new tab.

Actual result

• No redirect is observed.

Regression range

• Not a recent regression, but an implementation flaw.

Comment 1

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

This is a dynamic PDF feature that we are not going to support soon.

Comment 2

[Raluca Popovici, Desktop QA]

Same behaviour has the link from the second attached PDF.

Comment 3

[Raluca Popovici, Desktop QA]

Attachment: 0a18b29d-dd86-45cb-a99d-d1a3a38505ed.pdf

Comment 4

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Attachment: 0f5a3305-976f-4749-9ff4-41dd9720682b.pdf

Links from inside this PDF form aren't redirecting (clicking them has no effect).

Comment 5

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Attachment: 2abc2f79-9891-4328-ae7a-d696e4f05ec1.pdf

Most links from this PDF have no redirect when clicked (ex. Old Age Security Act).

Comment 6

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Attachment: 3e263476-df05-4803-bd04-9f9d0e058012.pdf

A similar issue is seen on this document with several links:

• link "209.2" on page 1, section 2.

• mail links "[e-mail]", page 2

• link "infosource" in the footer.

• Weirdly enough, the "Personal Information Bank" link from the footer works correctly.

Comment 7

[Calixte Denizet (:calixte)]

So this pdf (3e263476-df05-4803-bd04-9f9d0e058012.pdf ) is a bit painful:

• about "209.2" the JS behind is:

if (xfa.host.name == "Acrobat") {
 app.launchURL("http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/section-209.2.html", true);
}
else {
 xfa.host.gotoURL("http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/section-209.2.html");
}

• about the IRCC... is an underlined text in blue.
• about the "infosource", same problem as "209.2"
• and finally about "Personal...", it's a real <a href... link.

In the first case it's a bit hard to guess what's the url to use (it's possible of course but...).

About 0f5a3305-976f-4749-9ff4-41dd9720682b.pdf, the pattern is a bit different (app.launchURL(....) and we already used a workaround for such case in pdf.js:
https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/blob/c3ca78fdf8759d8cf7c8c4f35627c25a64e6bc7b/src/core/catalog.js#L1403-L1423

Comment 8

[GitHub Bugzilla PR Linker]

Attachment: Link to GitHub pull-request: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/pull/14076

Comment 9

[GitHub Bugzilla PR Linker]

Attachment: Link to GitHub master push: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/commit/3b3c487bed43900c5f55c3535c6f7697fed64e93

Commit merged into master by GitHub
Authored by Jonas Jenwald (Snuffleupagus)

Comment 10

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

The latest update fixed some of the PDFs in this bug, but not all.