Bug 228580

Summary: Uncanny selection when right-clicking on https://www.heise.de/
Product: WebKit Reporter: Kai Dederichs <webkit_bugzilla>
Component: HTML EditingAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: NEW    
Severity: Normal CC: ap, gsnedders, mmaxfield, thorton, webkit-bug-importer, wenson_hsieh
Priority: P2 Keywords: InRadar
Version: Safari 14   
Hardware: Mac (Intel)   
OS: Unspecified   
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Example of selected link element
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Kai Dederichs
Reported 2021-07-29 03:22:42 PDT
Created attachment 434511 [details] Example of selected link element If you right click any link it will highlight/select the link element/text. It's rather uncanny especially for large elements.
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Example of selected link element (403.21 KB, image/png)
2021-07-29 03:22 PDT, Kai Dederichs 		no flags
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Example of selected link text (171.93 KB, image/png)
2021-07-29 03:23 PDT, Kai Dederichs 		no flags
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Kai Dederichs
Comment 1 2021-07-29 03:23:24 PDT
Created attachment 434512 [details] Example of selected link text
Sam Sneddon [:gsnedders]
Comment 2 2021-07-29 06:55:39 PDT
Note that this is consistent with what happens elsewhere on macOS, though I'm unaware of any large hit-boxes like the large element screenshot above.
Kai Dederichs
Comment 3 2021-07-29 06:58:14 PDT
The large one is coming from here: https://www.heise.de/ (german IT news website)
Kai Dederichs
Comment 4 2021-07-29 10:34:08 PDT
Also where in macOS does it actually do that? I've never seen it anywhere.(other browsers don't do it as well)
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 5 2021-07-31 17:57:19 PDT
Sam is correct, selecting the text (or link) that corresponds to the context menu is expected behavior. WebKit supports other behaviors for other platforms (see bug 23351 and related). Now whether the selection at this particular website has to be expanded all the way out may be worth a deeper look.
Radar WebKit Bug Importer
Comment 6 2021-08-05 03:23:22 PDT
<rdar://problem/81559006>
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