User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98) Build Identifier: Layers set to be invisible in CSS can still be selected by the user if they press CTRL-A or by using the mouse. Here: <div id=test></div> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- /* a layer manipulation kit for all standards-compatible browsers by mixu */ var browser_detect = "Microsoft"; if(eval("document.getElementById('test')")){ browser_detect = "Mozilla"; } function layerShow(layername){ if(browser_detect == "Mozilla"){ document.getElementById(layername).style.visibility='visible'; } } function wrSupported(line){ if(browser_detect == "Mozilla"){ document.write(line); } } </script> [....] <div onMouseOver="layerShow('menu1');" onMouseOut="layerHide('menu1');"> a menu should come here... <script language=JavaScript> <!-- // only write a layer if this browser supports standards. wrSupported('<div ID=menu1 style="position:absolute; visibility: hidden; z- index: 100; background-color: black; width: 200px;">bla bla bla'); wrSupported('</div>'); //--> </script> </div> Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use the code specified above 2. Select using the mouse or CTRL+A (select all) Actual Results: The hidden layer showsh up as a blue selection, no text shows there, though. Expected Results: The hidden layer should have been unselectable.

Can you please attach a clickable and working testcase with "create new attachment" ?

Selection.

I think this is the same issue as bug 39098.

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The testcase is WORKSFORME with current trunk build.

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