As the title says ... ever since Firefox v110, whenever I view a post (content, images or reactions) on LinkedIn and close it again by clicking outside the pop-up, text gets randomly selected. Still occurring in Firefox v120 on Windows 10.
Interestingly, the problem doesn't occur if I close the pop-up using the "X" button.
Really annoying. I wonder if other Firefox users encounter this problem as well? Please let me know!
9 Comments
lemann@lemmy.one · 7 pts · 2y
Happens on both LinkedIn and Instagram, never actually checked what causes it...
Wouldn't be surprised if it's some click event listener firing off a synchronous xhr telemetry request when you close the popup, which freezes the main thread long enough to make the browser think you've selected some text
8BitFriendly@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
Seems like you have the technical background to further investigate this 🙃.
Good to know it happens on Instagram as well.
kia@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
More than likely it's just poorly formatted html.
Rambomst@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I don't use LinkedIn often but I notice the same behaviour when using Instagram.
8BitFriendly@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Thanks, good to know.
auf@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
8BitFriendly@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
Thanks, maybe I will. It could be a problem on the side of LinkedIn too of course.
Anticorp@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
It's definitely a LinkedIn bug, and not a Firefox bug. It's amazing how little these enormous internet companies care about the quality of their websites.
kia@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah I have this issue sometimes too.
8BitFriendly@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Thanks, good to know.