613284 - Hovering over a URL link in a message does not display actual URL

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Message Reader UI, defect)

Description

[Richard]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: 3.6.1 Windows

In previous editions of Thunderbird, when the mouse hovers over a URL linked phrase the underlying link address would be displayed in the bottom left corner of the screen. It doesn't do that anymore.

The purpose of hovering over a link was to help identify malware - now without that "hover information" it's a bit dangerous to just click on a linked URL

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. In an incoming message, just move the mouse over a highlighted segment
2. Nothing is displayed anywhere showing the actual URL linked to.
3.


Expected Results:  
Hovering over a URL link should display the actual URL address

Comment 1

[Brandon Sterne (:bsterne)]

There is no exploit here that needs to stay hidden.

Comment 2

[Richard]

hmm...so it's an undocumented feature then eh? 

How do you suggest a user determine whether a URL link in a message is a valid, ie: non-malware, address?

Comment 3

[Dave Royal]

Came from here:
http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/viewing_url_link_in_messages

In TB 3.1.6/Linux I /do/ see the URL on the status bar.

Comment 4

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> hmm...so it's an undocumented feature then eh? 
> 
> How do you suggest a user determine whether a URL link in a message is a valid,
> ie: non-malware, address?

so did you start in -safe-mode to remove/themes add-ons that might be causing the issue ?

Comment 5

[Richard]

Actually I am using TB 3.1.6 under XP. I did not remove, nor add any apps, themes, etc to TB, nor do I start my machines in SafeMode.

Can anyone who uses TB 3.1.6 under WinXP confirm they can see the underlying URL link in a message?

Comment 6

[Richard]

Problem solved...somehow the STATUS BAR was de-selected in the menu. Clicking/activating it puts the URL info where it was previously.

Duh...sorry for creating an issue with this!

Comment 7

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

WFM per comment #6