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Re:Ask HN: Have you noticed that Google search links are les... by wingerlang on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:00AM (#18404415)
I haven't noticed, but testing it it does eat the click.

When I tap just on or below the underline, it eats it. Then if I try to move the mouse away and back to the exact same position, the underline doesn't show up (and the hand cursor is the default mouse). To be clear the mouse is at the same position I clicked on before (where it had the hand+underline). Maybe a Chrome bug?

Re:Ask HN: Have you noticed that Google search links are les... by jiveturkey on Thursday November 08, 2018 @01:18PM (#18408451)
Yep, confirmed.

When you click within a few vertical pixels of the underline, for click targets that are multiline where only the first line gets the underline, the click gets eaten 100% of the time. I'm sure there are other cases but that's the most obvious since the google search results are formatted like that.

  line 1 - title
  line 2 - url
the box around line1 && line2 form the click target. the underline only appears when you hover over the target area. if you hit that area between line 1 & line 2, where the underline is drawn, the click is eaten.

UPDATE: it's not eaten. it alternately toggles the underline on or off.

Also, you have to click above the green URL text for the click to toggle the underline. If you click past the edge of the URL text (under the 'le' in the example above), the click works correctly.

Re:Ask HN: Have you noticed that Google search links are les... by dwd on Thursday November 08, 2018 @02:03AM (#18404770)
Not just Chrome, also happens for Firefox on Android, and only the last few weeks.

Trying to open in a new tab, you can end up selecting text rather than triggering the context menu.