303466 - Drag and drop Images: Inconsistency (plain image vs. link image)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Hadmut Danisch]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Firefox/1.0.4 (Debian package 1.0.4-1)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Firefox/1.0.4 (Debian package 1.0.4-1)

Hi,

when drag-and-drop a plain image from a web page (firefox) to a mail message 
(thunderbird) the image itself is attached to the message. 

But when the image is a link, the URL is dropped instead, which can be 
annoying or confusing. It would be better to still get the image or at least to
have the choice.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Write a mail with thunderbird
2. Display any webpage with an image as a link in firefox
3. Drag-and-drop the image onto the message

Actual Results:  
Got the Link URL

Expected Results:  
Get the image

Comment 1

[Ilja Sekler]

Please refer to the discussion starting with <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131036#c7>. IMVHO the Link image should win over the Link target, while

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20081208 Firefox/3.2a1pre

still does the opposite.

Comment 2

[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 3

[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 4

[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 5

[Ilja Sekler]

The results of dragging an image with a link to an URL from

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.3a5pre) Gecko/20100515 Firefox/3.7a5pre

to the compose window of

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.5pre) Gecko/20100512 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.1pre

depend on the drop target:

1. Drop target = message body:

   1a. HTML editor: the image is attached and embedded into the HTML email,
        the embedded image is set as link with the correct URL.

   1b. Plain text editor: gets the link URL.

2. Drop target = attachment box: the *target* of the link URL is attached.

Don't know whether it is Thunderbird's own business to pick up the right stuff on d&d from Firefox. Even though the behavior in case 1a seems to be correct at the first glance, Thunderbird downloads the image from internet instead of getting the file from Firefox.

Unsure about case 1b, but the result in case 2 is wrong IMHO. The expected result would be the image to get attached, but I don't know whether Firefox can do anything about it.