Closed Bug 903810 Opened 11 years ago Closed 8 years ago

Text selection in XML files doesn't work

Categories

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Text Selection, defect)

23 Branch
All
Android
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(firefox23 affected, firefox24 affected, firefox25 affected, firefox26 affected, firefox32 affected, firefox33 affected, firefox34 affected, firefox35 affected)

RESOLVED FIXED
Tracking Status
firefox23 --- affected
firefox24 --- affected
firefox25 --- affected
firefox26 --- affected
firefox32 --- affected
firefox33 --- affected
firefox34 --- affected
firefox35 --- affected

People

(Reporter: oleg.kuznetsov, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/22.0 (Beta/Release)
Build ID: 20130624103921

Steps to reproduce:

1) Open any XML, for example: http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd
2) Perform a long tap on any part of the document


Actual results:

1) Markers for text selection in document don't appear neither in the XML body, nor in the "This XML file does not appear <...>" message


Expected results:

1) Markers for text selection should appear and allow me to bring the context menu for text copying
Additional information: I tried it on Firefox 23 and Firefox 24 Beta from Google Play; 
My device is Asus Nexus 7 3G (first generation); Installed OS: Android 4.3 (Baseband version: 1231_0.18.0_0409; Kernel version: 3.1.10-g1e8b3d8 android-build@vpbs1.mtv.corp.google.com #1 Tue Jun 11 23:51:41 PDT 2013; Build Number: JWR66V)
I can reproduce this on Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.1.1) on the latest Nightly 08/13
I've installed on older build and both text selection and context menu appeared.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Confirmed Fx 32 on Nexus 7 2012 Android 4.4.4

It means I am unable to copy a (coloured blue but non-clickable) URL from an RSS file.
(It doesn't display RSS files like the desktop version of Fx - bug or by-design?)
Example - the mp3 files here:
http://www.afolksongaday.com/?feed=rss2
Component: General → Text Selection
OS: Linux → Android
Hardware: x86 → ARM
Workarounds and alternative behaviors:

* Subscribe to the feed using the Home Feeds add-on.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/home-feeds

* Use view-source to get a highlighted plain-text version of the feed.

view-source:http://www.afolksongaday.com/?feed=rss2

allows me to select text.
Hardware: ARM → All
Pruning some old bugs obviated by new Core/Layout AccessibleCaret implementation, or being no longer observable.

(Please re-open if appropriate.)
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Still able to reproduce. Firefox for Android 43.0 (20151214163750)
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. The new AccessibleCaret feature is currently available in Nightly/46 and (iirc) targeted for release in 47.

Testing in nightly confirms this will be corrected.
Looks like it was fixed in Firefox for Android 48.0b1 (20160607191837). Not sure why Bugzilla doesn't let me change the flag to Resolved/Fixed (I don't see this combination), so I'm going leave as it is
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago8 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Product: Firefox for Android → Firefox for Android Graveyard
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