Mozilla Firefox 126.0.1 Fixes Drag and Drop Quirk on Linux (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
from petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to linux@lemmy.ml on 29 May 2024 04:42
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/16509806

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redbr64@lemmy.world on 29 May 2024 05:18 next collapse

Oh, it wasn’t just me!

jwt@programming.dev on 29 May 2024 06:03 next collapse

Ha exactly my thought!

I also noticed when the drag-and-drop occurred I could no longer hover over the folders in my bookmarkbar. Hadn’t yet found the willingness to find out what was going on, but nice to hear it’s solved.

simonmicro@programming.dev on 29 May 2024 06:16 next collapse

Oh, it wasn’t just me!

flubba86@lemmy.world on 29 May 2024 11:46 collapse

No, I thought it was just me!

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 29 May 2024 05:18 next collapse

I’ve been recently forced into a Microsoft only environmental for work and one of the features from edge that I’d like to see in Firefox is the split screen. I know Firefox can do this better as the edge feature is so basic.

ccdfa@lemm.ee on 29 May 2024 06:54 next collapse

Idk why you’re downvoted for this. I’d also like to see split tabs in firefox. I do research/writing for a living and having both open in one window would be nice.

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 29 May 2024 12:37 collapse

Probably because it’s not relevant to the original post but I’m happy that it’s generated some discussion.

Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 May 2024 07:03 next collapse

Floorp (a firefox fork) has split view as well. (It isn’t great but it works)

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 29 May 2024 12:36 collapse

Might give that a geez and see how it works.

Thorned_Rose@kbin.social on 29 May 2024 08:06 next collapse

Why not just drag a tab out as a separate window on one side of the screen and the other tab at the other side?

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 29 May 2024 11:48 collapse

Clicking a button is easier.

Also its more screen space efficient. Two browser windows side by side duplicates the bookmark and url bar squashing it down.

Having both pages next to each other in the same window is very nice and once you get used to it you don’t want to go back.

We have splitting in file mangers and it’s a loved feature.

MonkderDritte@feddit.de on 29 May 2024 11:02 collapse

What good is split screen in a browser?

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 29 May 2024 11:45 collapse

If I want to do two things at once. Splitting the page in the browser looks better and works better than having two browser windows tiled next to each other.

MonkderDritte@feddit.de on 29 May 2024 11:47 collapse

Splitting … a webpage?

jcarax@beehaw.org on 29 May 2024 12:35 next collapse

No, different pages.

allthings.how/how-to-split-screen-in-microsoft-ed…

I don’t have much use for it, the way I tile, but I could see it being useful.

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 29 May 2024 12:35 collapse

To look at two different parts at the same time. Or two different web pages. Both are useful.

MonkderDritte@feddit.de on 29 May 2024 13:08 collapse

Ah, now i get it, thanks.

But rightclick duplicate and in new window works too.

sudoreboot@slrpnk.net on 29 May 2024 07:00 next collapse

I don’t remember encountering the particular bug they’re describing. I was hoping it was about the behaviour of drag-and-dropping something into the browser, such as with those “drop a file here to upload”. I am often simply unable to make that work because instead of the thing being dropped into the webpage’s element, it opens the file in the browser instead, which is not really something I ever want to do.

reddthat@reddthat.com on 29 May 2024 08:07 next collapse

I’m not alone!!!

redbr64@lemmy.world on 29 May 2024 14:21 collapse

Oh wait, I misread (or assumed) that’s what they were talking about! Dang… BTW, in my case it works if you drag the file in, and then hold it there for like 5+ seconds until the UI reacts so you can drop

Scio@lemmy.world on 29 May 2024 07:17 next collapse

Now, can we please fix the bookmarks drop-down next? Every time I try to open a nested folder and it just closes because I was too slow and imprecise in moving my mouse I die a little inside 🥲

lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network on 29 May 2024 16:28 collapse

That sounds like you need larger dropdowns? As in with more padding?

Scio@lemmy.world on 29 May 2024 17:02 collapse

I did in fact use to add large padding to the menus back when it was possible, so I couse use my drawing tablet to navigate bookmarks! But alas…

I think it’s a bug specific to how Firefox handles menus though. Case in point, it only does this some of the times, usually after two levels. Just a single level, and it stays open, except when the second level is too wide to fit to the space available to the right—

As I was typing this I realized that is it. It doesn’t work if the new level cannot open to the right of the menu. Then, moving the mouse away slightly closes it. But now that I’ve moved the bookmark menu button to the left, it stays open for four or five levels deep!

Gotta get used to the new location, but good enough!!

(I know, I need to sort out my mess of a bookmarks collection. It’s almost two decade old, cut me some slack!)

lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network on 29 May 2024 18:20 collapse

Glad you got it solved, happy to have been your rubber ducky! And great to know you’ll sort your 15-year-old Firefox bookmarks out in a few years, around the same time I will 😃

sawne128@hexbear.net on 29 May 2024 11:42 next collapse

Oh bruh. I thought there was something wrong with my system.

Hubi@lemmy.world on 29 May 2024 13:28 collapse

Thank god, that bug was annoying as hell. I was searching for a bug report on this a couple of days ago but couldn’t find one.