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Enabling Mouse / "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed" causes Firefox tab copy opens a new windows

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Description

 * Cinnamon version (cinnamon --version)
Cinnamon 5.4.12
 * Distribution - (Mint 21, Arch, Fedora 37, etc...)
 Mint 21
 * Graphics hardware *and* driver used
 
Using this:   Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics driver: i915

 Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics driver: i915
    v: kernel
  Device-2: AMD Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 M430 Radeon
    520 Mobile]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-3: Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu,ati,modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5

 * 32 or 64 bit
 64 bit

In Firefox originally, when the one hold Crtl and and pull the the tab on tab bar it copies the tab. When the Mouse / "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed" option is enabled in seetings of Cinnamon it creates a new window and put the tab here.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Enabling Mouse / "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed"
  2. In Firefox push ctrl and pull a tab in tab bar
  3. it creates a new windows with the pulled tab

When disable Mouse / "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed" it creates a new tab on tab bar.

Expected behaviour

Copy the selected tab.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with Cinnamon 5.4.12, Mint 21, Firefox, and the Mouse setting enabled, then compare the tab-drag behavior with the setting disabled. Trace the Cinnamon handling for “Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed” alongside the Ctrl-drag interaction. Done means Ctrl-drag copies the selected tab instead of opening it in a new window.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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