272111 - some links are unclickable even if they work in IE

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jean-Philippe Martin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2

For some reason I am not able to explain, some links are unclickable in some web
pages. Sorry for the vague explaination. My solution is always to copy the
shortcut to clipboard and open them in Internet Explorer. 
Since I found many bug reports about this but none is confirmed, i tought this
just should be regrouped in one big case :
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222538 : Clicking links does
nothing until page stops loading.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223767 : Unable to click the
sub-links under the links (i,e artists, reviews, videos etc...)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230364 : nk opening in new window
requires double click
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=236480 : click on link with
javascript behind it doesn't work
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239745 : Left clicking on an link
doesn't open the pointed url while the page is fully loaded
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248310 : Clicking on https:// links
(with target= other frame) does nothing
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248754 :  	ftp links are not clickable
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249751 : Links whose onclick closes
the window fail to trigger link
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251804 : Clicking a link from a
frame doesn't open the corresponding page on the other frame
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258560 : Unable to click on a link
with FAYT when the find toolbar is opened with a phrase not found and the
scrollbar is at the bottom of the screen
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261357 :  	Links unclickable after
page loaded completely
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265258 : Nothing happens when click
on link
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271491 :  	no response when
clicking a icons/ links
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271837 : Shift+Left Click and
Ctrl+Left Click often fail to open link in a new window/new tab
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153069 : mouse clicks in url field
often ignored
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239745 : Left clicking on an link
doesn't open the pointed url while the page is fully loaded


I will try to submit more "unclickable links" to document this bug. 
Thanks
Note: This bug started to happen since the 0.9 release i believe. 

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Jean-Philippe Martin]

I also found this two bug reports that I think are related to the present bug :
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193582 : streamingfaith.tv - "menu
tabs" on webpages are unclickable/unaccessible
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260602 : blockbuster.com - Some
links are nearly unclickable, only top few pixels allow clicking.

Comment 2

[José Jeria]

If you have a specific url when this bug appears, then please file a bug for
that. There is no need to open a bug consisting of links to other bugs. 

Also, your bug list is very mixed, uncofirmed bugs, some of them are not even
related to the problem you described, and also, most of the are Tech Evangelism,
meaning its not a Mozilla bug, its the way the website is coded.

Comment 3

[Mike Kowalski]

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