291460 - INPUT TYPE=IMAGE does not show forum action URL in status bar

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 168274

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Jon Barnett]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3 (ax)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3 (ax)

Someone mentioned this in the 'zine forums.  I couldn't find a filed bug so I
figured I'd file it.

A form input of type="image" can be used as a submit button for the form. 
Websites can also use this as a hyperlink that (1) search engines won't follow
and  (2) won't show its URL in the status bar.  While no browser I have shows
the form's action URL in the status bar, users still might expect the address to
be shown.  In fact, without viewing the souce of the page, you can't see where
the link will take you.  Websites could use this to trick the user into visiting
a bad website.

I don't know if this is Gecko or Firefox, and if it's Firefox, I'm calling it
"toolbar" since I guess the status bar is technically a toolbar.  If I put this
in the wrong category, please change the category. I don't know if I'm getting
the severity right either, but I'm calling it trivial.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Visit this URL:
http://vx.netlux.org/vl.php?dir=%40WORMS.I-Worm 
(someone else gave me that... I didn't find it on my own.  Visiting just that
page won't kill you, but actually downloading something might)
2.Hover your house over one of the white paper images (not the folder images)
3.Look at the status bar

Actual Results:  
Nothing appears in the status bar

Expected Results:  
The form's action URL would appear in the status bar.  One might also expect
that if the form is method=get the full URL with querystring might be displayed.
 That might also be a stretch.  Feel free to argue away.

Comment 1

[Radek 'sysKin' Czyz]

Same, of course, goes for <input type="submit">. I'd call it a very useful
enhancement.

Comment 2

[José Jeria]

URL is dead

Comment 3

[zug_treno]

Related to Suite bug 63107?

Comment 4

[Jens Bannmann]

Confirming. The Mozilla Application Suite Bug 63107 requests the same, but the
implementation for Firefox would have to be separate (or ported over).

Not really about toolbars, over to right component.

Comment 5

[user_2_2_2]

I would like someone to replace the virus collection URL with http://about.com/ . A form input of type="image" is at the right side of the 'Search' textbox.

Comment 6

[Michael Newton]

duplicate of bug 168274