250191 - no focus event on left click / no text selection on left drag

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[hahn]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8a2) Gecko/20040706
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8a2) Gecko/20040706

left-clicking in on a page element or clicking in the location bar should give
this element focus. 

e.g. 1: clicking on this (i.e. "Details" on the bug report form) input form
should focus it to give me the opportunity to write this text. actual results:
mozilla ignores the click.

e.g. 2: clicking on the drop-down list "Operating System" should open the list
AND change focus to the list. actual results: opens the list but the focus
remains wherever it happens to be.

left dragging over text should select that text.

e.g. 1: left dragging over the url in the location bar should select the text
and on unix system also copy it so one can paste it via middle click. actual
results: nothing happens regardless of where the focus is.

e.g. 2: left dragging over text on a web-page should do the same. actual
results: nothing happens.

it does not appear to be a mouse-problem or related since clicks on links,
browser-buttons such as back/forward, browser menus do what they are supposed to
 and apparently trigger the correct events.

workaround for focus change: use the tab-key or use two right-clicks. right
click opens a context menu on the first click but closes it and changes the
focus on the second. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Xanthor Sccas]

WorkForMe with the same gecko build [Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US;
rv:1.8a2) Gecko/20040706 Firefox/0.8.0+]
I'm using Debian Sarge with Window Maker...

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

i have to click two or three times on all dropdowns today.
Regression after checking for bug 171366?

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

probably dup of bug 250692 or vice versa - resolving as dup since there's some 
activity there

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 250692 ***

Comment 4

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

verified dup

Comment 5

[hahn]

wfm on 2004071105, not dup of 250692

Comment 6

[hahn]

wfm build id 2004071105