Closed Bug 850354 Opened 11 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Allow for Link Text Selection

Categories

(Firefox for Metro Graveyard :: Input, defect)

x86_64
Windows 8.1
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: jbecerra, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [shovel-ready][selection] p=2 )

Tested on 2013-03-12 on nightly built from http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7433bc4545c9

Spun off of bug 831985.

Currently I cannot touch select text from links the way I can do in IE. In IE I can long-tap on a link and the grippers come up so that I can select text in the link. In Firefox I don't get that option with the context menu.
Priority: -- → P2
See Also: → 850348
Whiteboard: feature=work
Component: General → Input
OS: Windows 8 → Windows 8 Metro
Whiteboard: feature=work → [selection] feature=work
Version: unspecified → Trunk
Hi Asa.  Do you want this as a Change Story for Iteration #4.  It relates to Bug 831985 which is a Resolved Story from Iteration #3.
Flags: needinfo?(asa)
Blocks: 831985
Priority: P2 → P5
Flags: needinfo?(asa)
Whiteboard: [selection] feature=work → feature=change c=Content_features u=metro_firefox_user p=0
Summary: work - allow for link text selection → Change - Allow for Link Text Selection
Related to:  Bug 831985 - Story - Touch Text Selection in Content
No longer blocks: 831985
This can also probably move out to v2. Setting it for triage in that cycle.
Blocks: metrov2planning
No longer blocks: metrov1triage
Whiteboard: feature=change c=Content_features u=metro_firefox_user p=0
Blocks: metrov2defect&change
No longer blocks: metrov2planning
Priority: P5 → --
Whiteboard: [selection]
No longer blocks: metrov2defect&change
Summary: Change - Allow for Link Text Selection → Allow for Link Text Selection
Whiteboard: [selection] → [selection] [feature] p=0
Blocks: 957244
Whiteboard: [selection] [feature] p=0 → [selection] [feature] p=2
Priority: -- → P1
Assignee: nobody → ally
Target Milestone: --- → Firefox 30
Assignee: ally → nobody
Whiteboard: [selection] [feature] p=2 → [shovel-ready][selection] [feature] p=2
Whiteboard: [shovel-ready][selection] [feature] p=2 → [shovel-ready][selection] p=2 r=ff30
Target Milestone: Firefox 30 → ---
Whiteboard: [shovel-ready][selection] p=2 r=ff30 → [shovel-ready][selection] p=2
Priority: P1 → --
OS: Windows 8 Metro → Windows 8.1
Mass close of bugs in obsolete product https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350354
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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