I'm restricting further comments on this bug because it's the issues are well understood (see comment 638), and further comments just spam the 386 users CC'd to this bug. The newsgroups are more suited to general discussion, and developers can update this bug as needed when new information becomes available.
[Comments are restricted to users with the editbugs privilege -- with privilege comes responsibility, so please consider carefully before commenting if you are able.] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “flashplugin-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) or switch to next tab (using Ctrl-Tab) when flash content is selected on page. Steps to reproduce: 1) Open a new Tab 2) Go to a website with flash content (in this case youtube.com) 3) Selected the flash content by clicking on it (in this case click on play) 4) While the content plays, press a keyboard shortcut (in this case Ctrl-w to close the tab) Result: The shortcut is not registered by firefox, the tab remains open Expectation: The shortcut should be registered by firefox, the tab should close A good way of knowing that "selecting the flash content" is at the root of the problem: if you select a part of the page that is not flash content (in this case empty white space at the right or the left of the video) followed by Ctrl-W, the tab closes. Version Information: Ubuntu Hardy (2.6.24-19-generic) firefox 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
