Webapps don't support selecting by dragging

Bug #1361322 reported by Michael
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

The webbrowser-app, and therefore webapps, don't allow you to click and drag to select text. Selecting text using keyboard (e.g. by pressing [ctrl]+[a] or by pressing and holding [shift] and then using arrow keys, works as expected.

Test case:
1. Open a webapp (e.g. Gmail)
2. Try select text by clicking and dragging

Expected result:
Selected text is highlited from the point where we clicked to the point that we dragged to.

Actual result:
No selection occurs.

See also related but different bug:
#1361313 - "Webapps don't use system clipboard"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: webbrowser-app 0.23+14.04.20140428-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Aug 25 18:41:05 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-12 (43 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: webbrowser-app
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Michael (mnichau) wrote :
tags: added: testcase
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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