[Bug 202641] [NEW] Firefox ctrl-a ctrl-c doesn't copy

[Walter_Wittel]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008031318
Firefox/3.0b4

ChatZilla 0.9.81 [Firefox 3.0b4/2008031318] (installed from Mozilla web
site)

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

uname -r outputs 2.6.24-12

Repro:
1) Open a page such as http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/#irc
2) Ctrl-a to select all text (with focus on document), then ctrl-c to copy the highlighted text.

Expected: Text is copied to the clipboard
Observed: Clipboard contents are unchanged

Other notes:
* Same thing happens in ChatZilla (folks on their IRC had me try it on Firefox - works for them on other distros / versions). First noticed the problem in ChatZilla.
* Selecting a single line or word works (selected is copied to clipboard), but selecting a paragraph of text has the same problem.

Let me know if you need more info. I just upgraded my release this
morning.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Firefox ctrl-a ctrl-c doesn't copy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202641
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