418114 - removeChild() breaks copy function (due to removing the element with focus?)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Ed Salisbury]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12

I was working on a dhtml application and was working with removeChild and copying/pasting.  I noticed that this broke after the first time I hit the remove button.  This was in a table (removing a row) - I did an example using divs with the same result. (as seen in the provided URL)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy something on the provided page (highlight and ctrl-C)
2. Paste somewhere else
3. Click one of the "Remove" buttons
4. Highlight something else and copy again
5. Paste again - notice, it's the same as what was in step 1.

Also, I noticed that when you right click on the selection, the copy function is greyed out.
Actual Results:  
Copy function no longer worked until reloading the page

Expected Results:  
It should have copied the highlighted text as expected.

I'm using the default theme, with no plugins enabled.  I had to move my work to, gasp! IE to continue working on this project :(  (where this works just fine)

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

I can reproduce the bug on Mac trunk.  I noticed that after clicking one of the buttons, if I click away before hitting Cmd+A, Cmd+C (select all, copy), copying succeeds.

I suspect the problem is that mousedown on the button focuses the button, which means that a complete click on the button removes the element with focus.  We've had many bugs where things get confused if the element with focus is removed from the document.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was originally 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 3.6.6 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 3.6.8 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.