356071 - Can't copy from/paste to File input textfields using mouse

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect)

Description

[Hermann Schwab]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8pre) Gecko/20061009 Firefox/1.5.0.8pre
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061009 BonEcho/2.0
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061009 SeaMonkey/1.1b

I can cut/copy from or paste to a file input using the key commands, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.
I can set an cursor or select the text in it, but I can't copy&paste using the mouse. The moment I right-click, the focus is lost. I assume that's this bug.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Probably not worth trying to do anything, since we're trying to eliminate that textfield anyway....

Comment 3

[Bertram Franz]

Why do you want to remove that field? Using the browse button and the File
Upload dialog is so awkward (especially with the strange autocompletion that is
in there currently).

I think, this dialog is a workaround for the missing paste functionality, not a
solution.

Comment 5

[Mounir Lamouri (:mounir)]

FWIW, you can now drag and drop a file.

Comment 6

[Mounir Lamouri (:mounir)]

With the new UI, users can't believe any more they can copy/paste in the field. Marking an INVALID.