1827391 - Clicking in the address bar still selects all after making an empty selection, interfering with caret insertion

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P5)

Description

[Kestrel]

Attachment: Video of empty selection still selecting all

STR:

1. Start without the address bar being focused.
2. Press and hold the left mouse button in the address bar, start a selection and then return to the original place so the selection is empty.
3. Release the mouse button.

Expected:
Caret inserted without any selection.

Actual:
Entire URL selected like a normal click, as if the selection event did not occur. This prevents inserting the caret with a single click, instead the user needs to click once, wait for the double-click timer to elapse and then click again.

Select all could also potentially be cancelled when the mouse button is held down for long enough to make caret insertion easier.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:adw, could you have a look please?

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Comment 2

[James Teow [:jteow]]

Whatever fix is issued for this bug should not affect slow clickers.