673912 - Dragging non hyperlinked URLs on the bookmark bar should produce a bookmark

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 475045

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

Attachment: Bug details

Steps to reproduce:

1. Load the attachment in Firefox.
2. Drag the first line and drop onto the bookmarks bar.
3. Drag the second line and drop onto the bookmarks bar.
4. Drag the third line (non hyperlinked URL) and drop onto the bookmarks bar.

Actual results:

Step 4 does not produce a link on the bookmarks bar.

Expected results:

Step 4 should produce a link on the bookmarks bar.

Comment 1

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

This bug is nice because a lot of external programs will send a text mime type for dropped links, so Firefox can bookmark from a lot more external programs because of this.

Comment 2

[Alice0775 White]

Dup Bug 475045

Comment 3

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

Oops, thanks for finding that dupe.