261654 - Text select off vertically by a text line

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 12460

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[David Balažic]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10

Visit the above URL. It will display an error :
The image “http://www.maxg.org/~max/cup_holder.jpg” cannot be displayed, because
it contains errors.

This text can not be selected for copy , unless you select it below the text
line. 10 pixels, 100 pixels, anywhrere on the page, just below the text.

That is : if the mous pointer is on the text, it can not be selected, one must
point below the text.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

I think this is a duplicate of bug 261654. 
What I find strange is that it is actually possible to select the generated
content. I always thought it was impossible.

Comment 2

[David Balažic]

No, this _is_ bug 261654 :-)

Comment 3

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Oops, I mean bug 12460. :-)

Comment 4

[Hermann Schwab]

wfm Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041022

I can select the text directly, with the mouse on the text, but I also can
select it with the mouse being below the text.

Found TalkbackIDs for a crash on this URL on View Selection Source, TBID 1002487
and TBID 1009155
Stack Signature  nsFontMetricsWin::ResolveForwards bbb65b9f

==>  Bug 252970	[@ nsFontMetricsWin::ResolveForwards]

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.

Comment 7

[David Balažic]

Bug still there in FF v.1.0.7 and 1.5beta2.

In beta2 the page displays just "http://www.maxg.org/~max/cup_holder.jpg"
without ther error part. The selection in beta2 works only by pointing about one
text line below the actual text.

Comment 8

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12460 ***