Closed Bug 247269 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Clicking on file:/// URL doesn't open the file

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows NT
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 84128

People

(Reporter: digulla, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040608 Firefox/0.8.0+ Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040608 Firefox/0.8.0+ Firefox cannot open file:/// type URLs when you click on them. Pasting them into the toolbar works, though. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a small web page which contains a file URL like this: <a href="file:C:\Some\Dir\some%20file.doc">file:C:\Some\Dir\some%20file.doc</a> Firefox will automatically convert the URL into a valid format (as you can see in the status bar). 2. Open the page and click on the URL. Nothing will happen! 3. Right-Click on the URL, select "Copy Link Location" 4. Paste the URL into the toolbar. 5. Press Return -> Word will start. 6. Paste the URL into the web page. 7. Open the web page again 8. Click on the URL. Nothing will happen! Actual Results: Clicking on file:/// links has no effect whatsoever. Expected Results: It should open the file.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 84128 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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