656896 - Links don't work after certain actions, until you scroll the page

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[3e2224c2]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1

Sometimes, depending on the page I am visiting and which actions I perform, links don't work anymore until I scroll the page. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Visit http://www.netmovies.com.br/busca/Fringe.html
2.Open the movie description in a new tab
3.Go to parent tab and hover the mouse over any link

Actual Results:  
Links become deactivated until I scroll the page

Expected Results:  
Links should work

Although I can only reproduce this problem on the reported site, the reason I reported as a bug is because another user reported to me the same problem with a different site. I can reproduce the problem on Windows XP on another machine, both using Firefox 4. I also can reproduce the problem using clean user profiles.

Comment 1

[[:Aleksej]]

Cannot reproduce with
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0a2) Gecko/20110513 Firefox/5.0a2
without extensions or plug-ins.

Could you please try to reproduce with the latest Nightly? Thanks.

Comment 2

[3e2224c2]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Cannot reproduce with
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0a2) Gecko/20110513 Firefox/5.0a2
> without extensions or plug-ins.
> 
> Could you please try to reproduce with the latest Nightly? Thanks.

I couldn't reproduce with 4.0.1 or 5.0a2 yet.

Comment 3

[George Carstoiu]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:6.0a1) Gecko/20110523 Firefox/6.0a1

I am also unable to reproduce this issue.

Can you verify it with a clean profile:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing%20profiles

Comment 4

[3e2224c2]

I can't reproduce it anymore. I will post again if the problem comes back.

Comment 5

[George Carstoiu]

Reporter, untill then I am setting the Resolution to Resolved Worksforme. Reopen when the problem comes back.