Closed Bug 193088 Opened 22 years ago Closed 1 year ago

Text in background windows should not be selectable

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect, P5)

PowerPC
macOS
defect

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: bugmail, Unassigned)

Details

Text in a non-foreground window in FizzillaMach/2003021203 is selectable, but should not be. 1. Open a Mozilla window showing <> 2. Open another Mozilla window 3. Move the mouse cursor over text in the background window; note the cursor becomes an I-beam 4. Click and drag over said text Expected results: The background window should be brought to front and the click+drag otherwise disregarded. (The cursor should not change over text in background windows.) Actual results: Text in the background window is selected and the window is not brought to the foreground.
Summary: Text in background windows should not be selectable. → Text in background windows should not be selectable
See also bug 6582.
This is mostly fixed after bug 340592. If you click and drag in a background window while the app is active, but we still won't bring the window forward. We don't select text, but we'll try to start a drag, even if there's nothing draggable. We probably want to bring the background window forward unless a real drag is beginning.
Assignee: mjudge → nobody
QA Contact: pmac → selection

Bulk-downgrade of unassigned, >=3 years untouched DOM/Storage bug's priority.

If you have reason to believe this is wrong, please write a comment and ni :jstutte.

Severity: normal → S4
Priority: -- → P5

This old-timey bug is not reproducible today. The background window is brought to the foreground for text selection.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 year ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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