Selecting text from end to beginning with the mouse in Opera 12 doesn't work properly; the selection keeps resetting itself, so you end up with no selection.
Selecting end to start via keyboard (shift+arrow keys) works as expected.
Selecting from start to end works as expected.
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
| Status | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | Jdforrester-WMF | T52781 VisualEditor: Browser blacklist issues (tracking) | ||
| Resolved | matmarex | T52813 VisualEditor: Remove Opera from blacklist | ||
| Resolved | matmarex | T38000 VisualEditor: Does not work in Opera (tracking) | ||
| Resolved | Inez | T39856 VisualEditor on Opera 12: selecting text with mouse 'backwards' fails |
I've determined the issue to happen within ve.ce.Surface.prototype.showSelection, which, every time a selection is made, removes it and adds it back (after the code path goes through two events called via the .emit() system).
I have also determined that the bug only happens when you're not debugging; setting apparently any breakpoint prevents it. Gotta be something timing-sensitive, but I don't know the codebase well enough to investigate (or, in fact, at all).
This currently appears fixed on en.wiki. What happened, and is it going to break itself again? :)
I poked around. This appears to have been fixed by I0873d906 together with bug 42925.
Lesson for today: Opera bugs often highlight hidden non-Opera bugs ;)