Closed Bug 91122 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Dragging the bookmark tool to desktop fails to create shortcut

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 78509

People

(Reporter: shao_lo, Assigned: bugzilla)

References

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Details

The error message states ...\Desktop\Slashdot:\ is not accessible. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. IE deals with this by removing the colon from the title before creating the shortcut file.
Confirming on 2001070708 Win2k. Over to XP Apps: Drag and Drop.
Assignee: asa → blake
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Browser-General → XP Apps: Drag and Drop
Ever confirmed: true
QA Contact: doronr → tpreston
See also bug 58403, Regression: Shortcuts dragged to destkop have broken title & corrupted url.
Completely and utterly hosed here, Windows NT 4.0, SP6a, IE4 Shell and build 2001071604.
It appears that all forms of DnD Moz <-> Explorer/IE is hosed. It is here on NT4 anyway
See also bug 91328, "URL Drag/Drop does not function correctly". Which dragging actions have regressed recently, and which have been broken for a while?
May I suggest making this bug specific to the colon problem and adding it to the summary? PS: Mozilla > NS4 is also hosed, see bug 71786
I'd suggest a summary: Cannot drag page with special characters in its title to desktop Focusing only on colon would lead to a number of similar bug reports with the same root cause, which is a title that is not directly usable as a filename. Already slash (/) and backslash (\) have been mentioned in addition to colon (:). To resolve this bug: 1. Find out which are all the problematic special characters (platform dependent) 2. How to handle them (drop, replace with placeholders or similar character, ...)
*** Bug 96233 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 97911 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is definitely a dupe of bug 78509 or vice versa.
This is definitely a dupe of bug 78509 or vice versa.
Marking duplicate of 78509 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 78509 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Verified Duplicate
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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