291761 - Selection is disabled until refresh inside tables when control key is pressed DURING a selection

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Matt Cowell]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050418 Firefox/1.0.3 (MOOX M2)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050418 Firefox/1.0.3 (MOOX M2)

While selecting text inside a table, the entire cell box selection feature is
activated by pressing the control key.  However, if a selection in already in
progress when the control key is pressed (or held), the selection is locked to
the current cell/cells (only a double click can select words, but no dragging
selection).  Only a refresh can solve this issue.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start making a selection inside a table cell
2.tap (or hold) control
3.move the mouse some more so the cell or multiple cells are highlighted
4.release mouse/ctrl key (order doesn't matter).
Actual Results:  
selection becomes locked

Expected Results:  
new selections should be performed when dragging across text

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Reproducible with Mozilla 1.8b1 and Firefox/1.0+ Gecko/20050424 but only if I
release the Ctrl key before I release the mousebutton, so it seems the release
order in step 4 does matter? Related to Core bug 210197?

Comment 2

[Matt Cowell]

(In reply to comment #0)
> 4.release mouse/ctrl key (order doesn't matter).
CORRECTION: zug_treno is correct, the ctrl key must be released first in firefox
too (I must have tested the reverse this after the selection was already locked)

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Matt Cowell]

Confirmed in 1.07 and in 1.5b1

Comment 5

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Matt, can you still reproduce this using Firefox 2.0.0.3 with a new profile? If so, can you please attach a testcase which this happens on? The URL is no longer valid.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager

Comment 6

[Matt Cowell]

Confirmed in 2.0.0.3 (updated URL as well), but I haven't tried after creating a new profile yet.

Comment 7

[Matt Cowell]

Confirmed in 2.0.0.3 (official build) with a fresh profile.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_tables
2. start making a text selection with mouse (left click and hold) inside a table on the right hand side.
2. tap control
4. release mouse

selection becomes locked.

This probably will be fixed by fixing bug 210197 .

This bug does not occur when the text selection extends from inside the table to text outside the table when control is tapped.

Comment 8

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Matt, isn't this just a duplicate of bug 210197? I see the same behavior as you do, but I tend to think it's a duplicate.

Comment 9

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 10

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 11

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.