Ubuntu
firefox package

Unclickable Links

Bug #783183 reported by Alon Tal on 2011-05-15

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This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	firefox (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

I have seen multiple instances of the following problem:
There are web pages that contain links that have the normal appearance of links (blue color, etc), but when I point at them, the cursor does not change its shape from an arrow to a pointing finger, and clicking has no effect (I stay on the same page).
Loading the same page in Chromium works OK, including the problematic link. Other links on the same page in Firefox also work OK.

For an example, see the link "out-of-order execution" on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_barrier

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 4.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 15 23:28:09 2011
FirefoxPackages:
firefox 4.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
flashplugin-installer 10.2.159.1ubuntu1
adobe-flashplugin N/A
icedtea-plugin 1.1~20110420-0ubuntu1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Alon Tal (alon-alontal) wrote on 2011-05-15:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ExtensionSummary.txt Edit (740 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt Edit (6.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
profiles.ini.txt Edit (73 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2011-05-16:

#2

That works fine here. Please try this with a fresh profile or with your user extensions disabled (Diigo Toolbar/Flashblock)

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Alon Tal (alon-alontal) wrote on 2011-05-19:

#3

I cannot reproduce this any more, even with the same extensions/profile. If I manage to come up with a consistent scenario, I will provide the details.

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Nicolas_Raoul (nicolas-raoul) wrote on 2011-06-13:

#4

unclickable-zone-firefox.png Edit (302.9 KiB, image/png)

I have the same problem (Natty, Firefox 4.0.1).

I have seen unclickable links in several places:
- Google Calendar event notification's "Close" link
- Facebook's X to remove a story
The problem is rare, these links work 95% of the time.

The last case is the most interesting, what is unclickable is not a particular link but a zone of the screen. If I scroll, the unclickable links are those who happen to be in this zone. See the screenshot, I draw the "unclickable zone".

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-08-13:

#5

[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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