585746 - can't copy from editor to another application on Firefox nightly build

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 579121

(Mozilla Labs Graveyard :: FlightDeck, defect)

Description

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

It isn't possible to copy text from the editor to another application when using a recent nightly build of Firefox.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. start a recent nightly build of Firefox;
2. navigate to the View Source page for an addon (f.e. https://builder.mozillalabs.com/addon/1000869/latest/);
3. select some text;
4. try to copy the text (via Edit > Copy or Accel-C);
5. switch to another application that accepts text (like a text editor) and paste (via Edit > Paste or Accel-V).

Expected Results: the text you copied appears in the other application.

Actual Results: Edit > Copy is disabled, and if you try to copy via Accel-C, the text that was on previously on the clipboard appears in the other application.

The Bespin bug on this is bug 583638, but it looks like it's actually a Gecko platform problem for which there isn't currently a bug filed.