Bug#592956: epiphany-browser: Epiphany freezes dragging images

Sven Arvidsson sa at whiz.se
Sat Aug 14 21:07:13 UTC 2010


On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 15:45 +0200, Michael Vehrs wrote:
> Steps to reproduce: visit a site that uses images within links, e.g. google
> image search, and control-click images in order to open the links in new tabs.
> Moving the mouse pointer while pressing the control key will drag the image.
> Usually, releasing the mouse button makes the image snap back to its source.
> Ocassionally, however, a green "+" symbol is added to the mouse pointer, and
> the entire desktop becomes unresponsive. Clicking the mouse has no effect
> anymore, and it is impossible to focus on another window using the mouse or 
> keyboard. Switching to console, however, still works fine, and killing the
> browser on the command line restores the rest of the desktop to normal.

Probably a duplicate of bugs 565346 and 592956. 

Not sure if this is already fixed in latest WebkitGTK+ from unstable or
of it needs to be backported?

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Sven Arvidsson
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