841701 - Can't copy selected text from embedded youtube HTML5 "copy video url"

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[whiteley]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0
Build ID: 20130206225349

Steps to reproduce:

Nexus 7 - Firefox beta 19.0 for Android
Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Tablet; rv:19.0) Gecko/19.0 Firefox/19.0

1. Visit a page with embedded Youtube videos
eg: http://mentalfloss.com/article/48786/star-wars-bloopers

2. Click a video to get it to start - pause if if you want (I chose the first video - beware the top picture is just a screen-cap, not a video ;-)

3. Long-click on video to get menu - choose "copy video url"

4. A little HTML "dialog" thing will pop up with the URL selected.



Actual results:

5. Try to tap, long-tap, double-tap, or otherwise alter the selection to copy the text.  Nothing will work - the text cannot be copied.

There's no way to get the URL, thus also no way to open the video in the native Youtube App (eg to play-back on a smart-TV)


Expected results:

Selection behaviour should be consistent with other text on the page - eg long and double click to get handles and select words, tap to copy.

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

This does not work on desktop either. But only on YouTube. This must be something Google is doing to prevent the copying.

Comment 2

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Working on Firefox 32.0.3 Desktop.
fwiw, I get the link on Firefox OS and can open it in a new tab.
I can't copy anything on iPod Touch.

Comment 3

[Hallvord R. M. Steen [:hallvors]]

WFM in current Firefox beta on Android. (Fx 33)