273380 - Output does not support (proper) text selection

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: XForms, defect)

Description

[Allan Beaufour]

There are some problems when selecting text, when an xforms:output control has
created some of the content.

Comment 1

[Allan Beaufour]

Attachment: Test case

Try selecting text in this XForm

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

See bug 51967, bug 236957... basically, the interaction of selection and
anonymous content was never really designed and often simply doesn't work (eg
selection is completely disabled for anonymous content under some circumstances).

Comment 3

[Allan Beaufour]

(In reply to comment #2)
> See bug 51967, bug 236957... basically, the interaction of selection and
> anonymous content was never really designed and often simply doesn't work (eg
> selection is completely disabled for anonymous content under some circumstances).

Sad, but thanks for the info Boris!

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

I'll start a thread in n.p.m.dom on the issue... I really do think we want to
get this to work, or at least spec it out.

Comment 5

[David Bolter [:davidb] (NeedInfo me for attention)]

RIP xforms