Closed Bug 307336 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Highlight of URL in page text should allow it to be a link

Categories

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

x86
Windows XP
enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 39042

People

(Reporter: pheit, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6 When viewing a page, sometimes there is a URL in the text. If you highlight the URL, you can "Search the web for...". I'm suggesting that you should be able to have the same options as a hyperlink (ie open, open in new tab, etc). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. surf to http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/allheadlines/89086.php 2. Find the site www.pimaxpress.com in the text 3. Expected Results: software should allow me to select www.pimaxpress.com, and surf to it.
there are extensions that do this ....
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 39042 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
V/dupe.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
QA Contact: general → benc
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