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Anyone else experiencing text being randomly selected on LinkedIn? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Seems like you have the technical background to further investigate this 🙃.

Good to know it happens on Instagram as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

More than likely it's just poorly formatted html.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe file a bug report so that developers can help solve the issue, if you have time.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/file-bug-report-or-feature-request-mozilla

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks, maybe I will. It could be a problem on the side of LinkedIn too of course.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't use LinkedIn often but I notice the same behaviour when using Instagram.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks, good to know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I have this issue sometimes too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks, good to know.