587995 - inactive firefox window accepts clicks instead of just bringing firefox window to top

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b3) Gecko/20100805 Firefox/4.0b3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b3) Gecko/20100805 Firefox/4.0b3

When you click anywhere in the client area of a Firefox window, it accepts the clicks (i.e. handles the mouse click message) instead of just bringing the window to top. This means you have to be conscious where you click in the Firefox client area to not inadvertently click something you did not intend to click. Would be better to accept mouse clicks when the Firefox windows is already active (i.e. in focus). You should be able to click anywhere in the Firefox client area to just bring it to front. Several other applications has this same behavior.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have another application window in focus (active).
2. Click any item in Firefox client area (e.g. link on a web page, a button)

Actual Results:  
The click is accepted for the item you clicked.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should just be activated (i.e. brought to the front).