298812 - In "Save as..." dialog shortcut to directory doesn't follow the target

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 283730

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Girts]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

In "Save as..." dialog double-click on shortcut to directory offers to save file
in this shortcut file (to replace the shortcut file) instead of opening the
target directory.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right mouse click on a link to some file 
2. Choose "Save Target as..."
3. Open your desktop, which contains some shortcuts to directories
4. Double click on the shortcut
Actual Results:  
Dialog "Document ... already exists.Do you wish to replace it?"

Expected Results:  
Target directory should be opened

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

I'm willing to bet $100 this is a dupe of bug 283730.

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 283730 ***