Bug 335758

Summary:	middle click on scroll bar also changes URL
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Matthew Woehlke <mwoehlke.floss>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Bugs <konqueror-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.12.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Matthew Woehlke 2014-06-03 16:26:44 UTC

Some time ago, the behavior of changing the URL to the selection buffer when middle clicking in a tab was removed. While I'm not entirely on board with this, I can understand the logic (presumably, because people did it by accident too often).

However, there is a loophole where the behavior still exists, where it unquestionably should not... middle clicking on the scroll bar. Since the behavior of middle click and scroll bars is well defined to mean 'move the scroll handle to here', there should be no other effects from this action, and certainly not navigating to some other page!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open any site "big" enough to have a page scroll bar (note: nested scroll bars, at least for e.g. input fields, don't trigger the behavior).
2. Select some text so that the selection buffer is non-empty.
3. Middle click somewhere on the scroll bar, e.g. to scroll within the page.
Actual Results:  
Page scrolls as expected, very briefly, but then Konqueror navigates to the "URL" that is in the selection buffer (i.e. the text selected in (2)).

Expected Results:  
Page should scroll, but *no navigation* should occur.

Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-11 04:25:45 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 2 Matthew Woehlke 2018-11-13 16:54:39 UTC

It seems to be "working" now by virtue of middle click *never* navigating to the URL in the middle-click buffer any more...

Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-21 04:46:09 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 4 Justin Zobel 2023-01-13 01:36:11 UTC

Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!

Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-28 05:08:55 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
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If you have already provided the requested information, please
mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is
ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2023-02-12 03:50:42 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!