[Okular-devel] [okular] [Bug 334476] New: Cannot click on link in PDF when 'Text Selection' tool is active

[Jonas Lippuner]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334476

            Bug ID: 334476
           Summary: Cannot click on link in PDF when 'Text Selection' tool
                    is active
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: okular
           Version: 0.17.5
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: okular-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: jonas at lippuner.ca

When the 'Text Selection' tool is active, I cannot click on any hyperlinks in a
PDF file (created with pdflatex and hyperref). This applies to internal PDF
links and URLs. When selecting the 'Browse' tool, the links work.

This is a serious flaw in Okular as I usually want to have the Text Selection
tool active so that I can copy text without having to click on another button
first, but of course, I also want to be able to click on links without first
having to switch to the Browse tool.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create PDF with links (e.g. citations or URLs) with pdflatex and hyperrref
2. Open PDF in Okular
3. Select 'Text Selection' tool
4. Try to click on a link in the PDF
Actual Results:  
Cannot click on any links. The mouse cursor doesn't even respond to hovering
over a link (cursor remains I-beam instead of changing to link pointer).

Expected Results:  
The cursor should change form I-beam to link pointer when hovering over a link
and then the link should be followed when clicked upon. This is the behavior
that Okular correctly exhibits when using the 'Browse' tool.

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