256241 - Moving system caret out of a link does not clear the URL from the status bar

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 133874

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jacob Levine]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3

Using the keyboard to manipulate the system caret into a hyperlink, the URL is
correctly displayed in the status bar at the bottom the browser. However, when I
move the caret out of the link, the URL remains, uncleared from the status bar.
It will be replaced by a new URL if I move the caret into another URL or mouse
over one. This seems like a bug rather than a feature as it is different from
the way the mouse interacts with links.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Move system caret into a hyperlink.
2. Move system caret out of the hyperlink.

Actual Results:  
URL is still displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the screen.

Expected Results:  
Cleared the status bar when the focus is no longer on the link.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050526
Firefox/1.0+ (deer park)

Confirm XP and W2000

Happens also in suite. Should product be core?

Comment 2

[Peter Kasting]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 133874 ***