551796 - Ctrl-X doesn't copy off web-page

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[u318697]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6

Athough Ctrl-X strictly means cut, which you can't do from something read only like a web-page, conventionally in this situation much software just do a copy (Ctrl-C) instead.  Browsers often do not, and it's absolutely maddening.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.	Select an area of any webpage
2.	Do <Ctrl-X>
3.	Paste into Notepad or wherever.
Actual Results:  
What are pasted are the previous contents of the clipboard, whatever they were, not what was intended to be copied off the web page.

Expected Results:  
Should have behaved like <Ctrl-C> and copied the selected contents, and subsequently pasted them.

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Well, no, I think the current behavior is the correct one. All you need to do is copy, don't cut.

Comment 2

[u318697]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Well, no, I think the current behavior is the correct one. All you need to do
> is copy, don't cut.

If it was as simple as that in reality, I wouldn't have bothered to file this, though I half expected simply to get a tart unhelpful reply.  Thanks.

The point is that the two keys are next to each other, and easy to mistake, if, as I do, you work a lot in the dark lit only by the screen.  There really is no reason why on a read only document such as a webpage <Ctrl-X> shouldn't copy, so why not help your users?

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 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.