Closed Bug 1972800 Opened 1 year ago Closed 1 year ago

Using Shift while typing unexpectly triggers Link Preview on Windows, round 2

Categories

(Core :: Machine Learning: General, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
Machine Learning: General
Type:
defect
Points:
3

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Milestone:
143 Branch
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox-esr115 --- unaffected
firefox-esr128 --- unaffected
firefox-esr140 --- unaffected
firefox141 --- wontfix
firefox142 --- wontfix
firefox143 --- fixed

People

(Reporter: saschanaz, Assigned: txia)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs)

Details

(Keywords: regression, regressionwindow-wanted, Whiteboard: [genai])

Attachments

(1 file, 1 external file)

link-preview-shift.mp4
116.76 KB, video/mp4
Details
Attached video link-preview-shift.mp4 —
  1. Open Bugzilla
  2. Click the comment box
  3. Put the mouse cursor over a link
  4. Type anything including capital letters

Expected: No interrupt while typing
Actual: Typing a capital letter with Shift triggers link preview

On Nightly 2025-06-17.

Similar thing happens when focused on address bar or Find-in-page textbox.

This bug has been marked as a regression. Setting status flag for Nightly to affected.

status-firefox141: --- → affected

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

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Flags: needinfo?(tziade)

sounds like we'll get rid of the shift keyboard shortcut completely and only expose it with long press

Severity: -- → S3
Points: --- → 3
Flags: needinfo?(tziade)
Assignee: nobody → txia
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Pushed by txia@mozilla.com: https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/75bd5a2abb65 https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/b6b74000de73 default shift keyboard shortcut to false for Link Preview - r=Mardak,firefox-ai-ml-reviewers
Pushed by amarc@mozilla.com: https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/be58661e4a3e https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/f8ccfb01a669 Revert "Bug 1972800 - default shift keyboard shortcut to false for Link Preview - r=Mardak,firefox-ai-ml-reviewers" for causing bc failures at browser_link_preview.js

Backed out for causing bc failures at browser_link_preview

Flags: needinfo?(txia)
Pushed by txia@mozilla.com: https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/ca032d57e726 https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/d3b1678f4082 default shift keyboard shortcut to false for Link Preview - r=Mardak,firefox-ai-ml-reviewers

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/d3b1678f4082

Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 year ago
status-firefox143: --- → fixed
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → 143 Branch
QA Whiteboard: [qa-triage-done-c144/b143]
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