[chrome] Open link does not work when <img> tag is inside the <a> tag

[LarsBrand]

When an image is embedded in a link, gestures to open the link in a new tab seem to not do anything.

Starting the gesture on the link itself works fine. Starting the gesture on the image seems broken.

It might be a config issue. I've disabled: 'Image Drag' All 'up' gestures are set to 'open link in background tab'

Example gif:

Example code:

Link to fiddle

Images wrapped in links<br>
Action: gesture starting on image <br />
Expected: Link is opened in background tab<br />
Actual: nothing happens<br /><br />
images with `user-drag:none` seem to work as expected.


<div class="example">
  <div>
    <a href="https://google.com" target="_blank">
      link without `-webkit-user-drag:'none'`
      <img src="https://placekitten.com/200/200" />
    </a>
    <br />
    <a href="https://google.com" target="_blank">
      link with `-webkit-user-drag:'none'
      <img src="https://placekitten.com/200/201" class="nonDraggableImage" />
    </a>
  </div>
  <div id='info'>
    debug info
  </div>
</div>
<style>
.nonDraggableImage {
  -webkit-user-drag: none;
}

.example {
  padding: 1rem;
  border: 2px solid grey;
  display: flex;
}

.example>* {
  padding: 1rem;
  flex: '1 1 auto';
}

</style>
<script>
setInterval(() => {
  let elem = document.getElementById('info');
  elem.innerHTML = `<b>Debug info</b><br/>Active elem<br/>href: ${document.activeElement.href||''}<br/> src: ${document.activeElement.src||''}<br/> txt: ${document.activeElement.txt||''}`
}, 500)
</script>

Config

smartup.zip

chrome version:

Google Chrome | 107.0.5304.88 (Official Build) (64-bit) (cohort: Stable)
Revision | f59ffb32abf8c01e9aa298400314bfdf0221b02f-refs/branch-heads/5304@{#1093}
OS | Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.2130)
JavaScript | V8 10.7.193.18