Focus stays on the bookmark buttons

[Stanislaw Pitucha]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

I don't know how to reproduce this bug, but it happens ~ every half an hour.
Suddenly one of the bookmark buttons in the top panel is stuck in a "mouse over" state. I see the button is highlighted, even though my mouse is over the page contents. If I move the mouse over some link on a current website, I don't get the destination url displayed in the status bar. When I continue moving the mouse (still over the link), the "hover over" effect is switched between the "stuck" bookmark button and the link, i.e. every time my mouse moves 1 px, the bookmark button gets back to a normal state, the link url is displayed in the status bar, then disappears and the bookmark button is highlighted again. As I move the cursor, both the bookmark and status bar "flicker" changing the states quickly.

Once I move my mouse over the "stuck" bookmark button, everything goes back to normal. Then it happens again some time later (I can't figure out when exactly / what causes it).

I think it happens most often when I use google reader, but that's probably the only page where I'm interested in the destination url and look at it, so it might occur elsewhere too without me noticing.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 30 21:50:05 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: firefox 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pl_PL.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

I use Firefox and Google Reader with Karmic more than once per day and have never experienced this issue. It is going to be near impossible to track down this bug without being able to reproduce it. If you can provide the specific steps needed to reproduce the problem then I am happy to confirm the bug.

[Stanislaw Pitucha (viraptor-gmail)]

Start with a big list of unread items (couldn't reproduce with already read ones). Use space to open the next couple of items, middle-click the title of some item to open a new tab. Go to that tab, close it, so you go back to the reader. If that doesn't cause the bug, repeat. It happens every once in a while - I can't pinpoint the exact steps to reproduce.

(I have the middle click set to open a new tab in the background if that matters)

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

I am sorry but I followed the steps provided but could not reproduce the problem despite almost 20 minutes of trying. It is possible one of your keys are stuck, an event mis-firing or there is a bug in one of the plug-ins that could cause this problem. If you can disable all your plug-ins, relaunch Firefox then document the specific steps necessary to reproduce the problem then I am happy to confirm the bug. If I happen to reproduce the bug accidentally then I will work hard to try reproducing it so a developer can resolve this issue.

I am subscribed to this bug so feel free to post if you have any additional information. I will do my best to help!

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