- Edit any page with a link in it.
- Place cursor in the sentence that contains a link, either directly before the link or somewhere earlier in the line.
- Use right arrow to move the cursor to the characters that are linked.
Actual result:
Our dear cursor appears unwilling to move beyond the space in front of the link.
It is seen visibly shaking back and forth, possibly contemplating its life choices.
Expected result:
For the cursor to be free to enter the Blue Territory.
Other:
This issue manifests itself consistently in Firefox (latest stable, Mac). Usually after pressing the same arrow key repeatedly for several dozen times, or after firmly holding it down for about ten seconds, it will eventually make it into the link. It is however then trapped within the confines of the link, and experiences a similar struggle on the way from either side.
It appears to not affect Chrome or Safari.
The following issues seem related in their behaviour, but were not an obvious duplicate (to me):
- T126487: Cursor gets "stuck" when down-arrowing from the start of a link which spans a page beginning/end
- T126374: With Firefox, punctuation isolated in a new line after a link blocks left arrow key
Attached: 60s capture of the steps in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari side-by-side.