(In reply to Marco Bonardo [:mak] from comment #2) > For how much it may look confusing (it is definitely a shift in behavior and > habits), this is the expected behavior currently. Clicking on the urlbar > focuses and selects its contents, but because the selection is programmatic > we don't override the primary selection, that is because maybe you are > selecting the urlbar to paste something, and we don't want to overwrite that. > > triple-click should work correctly if you start from an unfocused urlbar > (please let us know otherwise), or it's bug 1633203 (allow to re-select). > Would fixing that bug help? > You can also drag select starting from the unfocused urlbar.
I appreciate your explanations. I see that you have had to re-explain this across a suite of bug reports, over several years. Maybe there's a middle ground here. In X11, highlight == primary selection. I understand that the current behavior is an auto-selection, and I think I agree that automatic actions should not have side-effects. The middle ground would be to allow the user to control that auto- selection. In X11, the auto-select is giving a false view of the state of the system. Make the default to work as it currently does, but give X11 users the opportunity to set Firefox up to conform to X11 (ICCM, Freedesktop.org) standards. Handling the urlbar selection should be done in only one place (I'd guess), so adding an 'if' in that one place doesn't seem too extreme a solution, and would give you a rest from re-explaining the current behavior. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1888942 Title: marked url in firefox by using one click isn't copied to clipboard, only with a triple mouse-click Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Hi, if I click in an url in firefox, the whole url ist marked, i.e. highlighted. If I now use a click on the mousewheel to paste the content of the clipboard into another software, I discover that the url wasn't copied into the clipboard - the previous content ist filled in. That's confusing to me. I would expect: If I can mark an url in Firefox with a single mouse-click, which looks like a marking with a triple click, then it should be copied also in the clipboard. That would be a consisting behavior. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: firefox 78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: matthias 1453 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: matthias 1453 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c: matthias 1453 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: matthias 1453 F...m pulseaudio BuildID: 20200708170202 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Jul 25 16:44:27 2020 DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:730 DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox ForcedLayersAccel: False InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-24 (92 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) IpRoute: default via 192.168.11.1 dev wlp4s0 proto dhcp metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp4s0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.11.0/24 dev wlp4s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.11.66 metric 600 Profile1Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile1Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:730 Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js Profile1Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profiles: Profile1 - LastVersion=74.0.1/20200403064753 (Out of date) Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=78.0.2/20200708170202 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/12/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: N14ET53W (1.31 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20BTS06G0J dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: SDK0E50510 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: R90GJVAH dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN14ET53W(1.31):bd11/12/2019:svnLENOVO:pn20BTS06G0J:pvrThinkPadX1Carbon3rd:rvnLENOVO:rn20BTS06G0J:rvrSDK0E50510WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 3rd dmi.product.name: 20BTS06G0J dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20BT_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad X1 Carbon 3rd dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 3rd dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1888942/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
