464789 - multiple lines copied to Windows Clipboard on double-click and CTRL-C

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[diablonhn]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4

The following html snippet will cause Firefox to copy multiple lines to clipboard , when one intends to copy "Second Third" to clipboard only:

<br><strong>First<br></strong>Second Third

The following is required of the test case:
1. <strong> interleaved with <br>
2. space for "Second Third"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have "<br><strong>First<br></strong>Second Third" into test html file.
2. Double click on "Second Third"
3. Copy selection to clipboard (CTRL-C)
4. Paste into any program
Actual Results:  
"FirstSecond Third" will be copied and pasted.

Expected Results:  
SecondThird to be copied and pasted only.

Comment 1

[diablonhn]

I believe this bug does not affect Firefox 2.x.

Comment 2

[diablonhn]

Corrections:

1. triple clicked required
2. simplified test case: <br><strong>First<br></strong>Second

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is a mass search for bugs which are in the Firefox General component, are
UNCO, have not been changed for 500 days and have an unspecified version. 

Reporter, can you please update to Firefox 3.6.10 or later, create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles, and test again. If you still see the issue, please update this bug. If the issue is gone, please set the status to RESOLVED > WORKSFORME.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 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.

Comment 5

[[:Aleksej]]

Similar: bug 461605, bug 637895.