415917 - using gtk/gnome integration, file inputs cannot be filled from nautilus nor emptied

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[Hervé Cauwelier]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre) Gecko/2008010221 Firefox/3.0b3pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre) Gecko/2008010221 Firefox/3.0b3pre

using gtk/gnome integration, file inputs are not writable.

The input is grey and whenever you click on it, the browse dialog opens.

Now the file input is like a black box, I can't copy/paste a path from the nautilus window I choose files from. (When you copy a file from nautilus, it will paste its path in applications not understanding the Gnome clipboard protocol.)

I can't erase what was injected if I decide not to upload a file afterwards. I would need to reload the page. Not convenient with long forms or I came from a POST request.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to a form with a file input
2. try pasting after having copyied a nautilus icon, or text from a shell
3. select any file using the "Browse..." button then try erasing that value
Actual Results:  
You can't paste the path you already know.

You can't change your mind and erase the entered value.



Expected Results:  
I'd like the input to support copy/paste from nautilus (Gnome clipboard protocol?). It would require not opening the browse dialog when simply clicking to give the focus. The same way, I'd like it to support drag&drop of an icon from nautilus, and use its path.

I'd like to erase its contents without reloading.

This is Firefox and Firefox Gnome Support both 3.0~b3~cvs20080101t1000+nobinonly-0ubuntu1.

Yes it's Ubuntu, but from what I found, it's all upstream so I report directly to you.

Comment 1

[Jan Tojnar]

File input fields in Firefox no longer contain text entry so this issue is no longer relevant. The dragging, on the other hand, is supported.