366720 - Double-click on margin selects no text (with float and padding)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect)

Description

[Uri Bernstein]

Attachment: testcase

In the URL above, double-click anywhere on the margin to the left of the side bar, or on the right margin of the page, across to the sidebar.
Notice that the entire page is selected.

This is a regression from bug 316281. It's somewhat similar, but not identical, to  bug 334371.

The minimal testcase involves a div, within a floated div, within a div that has some padding (the amount and position of the padding don't matter).

Comment 1

[Uri Bernstein]

Starting from some time between 2007-06-16 and 2007-06-23, double-clicking no longer selects the entire paragraph. However double-click-drag (i.e., when the mouse is moved before releasing the second click), still selects everything.

Comment 2

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Attachment: Testcase #2 (same as first, but removed 'float:left')

Comment 3

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Using Firefox 2008041104 on Linux, nothing is selected when double-clicking
on any side in the first testcase.  That doesn't seem right, I expect the same
behaviour as in Testcase #2, i.e. the closest word should be selected.

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

WFM, if I understand this correctly. Double click selects text (a word) I would expect it to, and no more.  (I still see bug 334371)

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3) Gecko/20090305 Firefox/3.1b3

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

still WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; Windows NT 6.0; rv:2.0b3pre) Gecko/20100723 Minefield/4.0b3pre