668519 - Firefox does not allow me to copy text, internet explorer does

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 121516

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[travbailey]

Attachment: matter number in firefox.jpg

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100824 Firefox/3.6.9 GTB7.1
Build ID: 20100824153629

Steps to reproduce:

I would like to copy a number from a particular box that I use several times a day. I can copy and paste this in internet explorer, but am unable to do this in firefox. I am looking for a work around or extension/add in which can fix this problem. Thank you.

Screenshots:

http://www.dead-rising-wiki.com/w/images/7/71/Matter_number_in_internet_explorer.jpg Text in internet explorer CAN be copied.


http://www.dead-rising-wiki.com/w/images/d/d2/Matter_number_in_firefox.jpg Text in firefox CANNOT be copied.

Source code for firefox:

<td class="Form_Label" noWrap align="right"><span id="rlMatterGeneral_lblMatterNumber" SecurityField="matter_number">Matter No.</span></td>
        <td class="Form_Field" noWrap colSpan="4"><input name="rlMatterGeneral:edtMatterNumber" type="text" value="11-19315" id="rlMatterGeneral_edtMatterNumber" disabled="disabled" SchemaField="matter_number" /></td>
 


Actual results:

Unable to copy text in firefox


Expected results:

Should be able to copy text in firefox, can in internet explorer.

Comment 1

[Kyle Huey (Exited; not receiving bugmail, old account, do not use)]

I don't know if there's an addon to work around this, but the bug is Bug 121516.