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chromedragandgo - issue #5

Dragging single-word selections searches for "file://localhost/<selection>" on Chrome OSX (Chromium, actually)


Posted on Dec 17, 2009 by Happy Wombat

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Highlight a single word of text 2. Drag the selected word and release

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Expected output: New tab, with the selected word as a search query in Google. Actual output: New tab, with "file://localhost/<selected word>" as a search query in Google.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? Drag and Go - Version: 1.3 Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Chromium 4.0.274.0 (34828)

Please provide any additional information below. Only vaguely related, but I didn't think it was worth its own "issue": Is there a technical reason that when dragging text, you have to highlight, click & hold for a moment (less than half a second, but still a noticeable amount) before dragging? If you just highlight, then click/drag with no delay, it thinks you're trying to adjust your selection. Kind of annoying, IMO, but it may just be a limitation of the extension API. shrug

Comment #1

Posted on Feb 10, 2010 by Happy Wombat

Drag and go doesn't support dragging in local file systems. It is only applicable to http:/// and ftp:///.

Comment #2

Posted on Feb 10, 2010 by Happy Wombat

Right. I'm not trying to drag anything on the local filesystem. I've highlighted a single word (non-link. Just text). When I drag it to search google for that word, instead of searching with it, it tries sending me to "file://localhost/"

So, I highlight a word (not a link) like this: http://ownedgear.com/shared/Screen%20shot%202010-02-10%20at%209.41.56%20AM.png

Then drag it, and get this: http://ownedgear.com/shared/Screen%20shot%202010-02-10%20at%209.46.10%20AM.png

Status: Invalid

Labels:
Type-Defect Priority-Medium