663058 - "Cut" operation in Library or sidebar acts as "Copy"

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[George Carstoiu]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0

An object that is cut (using either CTRL+C or the contextual menu) can be pasted several times - cut acts as though copy was performed.

Reproducible:always

Steps to reproduce:
 1. Go to Library
 2. Select a folder and use the Cut option
 3. Paste it in several locations

Actual results:
 - the object can be pasted several time

Expected results:
 - the object can be pasted just once

Comment 1

[George Carstoiu]

Issue is present ever since Firefox 3.6.16

Comment 2

[(mostly gone) XtC4UaLL [:xtc4uall]]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Actual results:
>  - the object can be pasted several time

I'd rather expect this Behavior as other Applications do, no?

Comment 3

[George Carstoiu]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > Actual results:
> >  - the object can be pasted several time
> 
> I'd rather expect this Behavior as other Applications do, no?

 Exactly - an item cannot be pasted to infinity if it was cut - logically it should be pasted only once

Comment 4

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

I think this happened forever, not only from 3.6.
Cut has a series of problems that should be solved, it was indeed implemented as "copy to clipboard and delete" for lack of time in the beginning.

Comment 5

[(mostly gone) XtC4UaLL [:xtc4uall]]

(In reply to comment #3)
> > I'd rather expect this Behavior as other Applications do, no?
> 
>  Exactly - an item cannot be pasted to infinity if it was cut - logically it
> should be pasted only once

Errm, my Point was that other Application bahave the same by allowing to paste a cut String multiple Times.

Comment 6

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

Well, Windows Explorer allows to paste just once after a cut, and it seems to make sense. I'm not sure about OS X or Linux.
Text handling is different as you said, but I guess that in this case the filemanager behavior is more consistent with the Library experience.

Comment 7

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

may be fixed by bug 416459