Prevent AutoscrollForSelection when selecting text in a fixed-position element.

third_party/WebKit/Source/core/layout/LayoutBox.cpp

 /*
  * Copyright (C) 1999 Lars Knoll (knoll@kde.org)
  *           (C) 1999 Antti Koivisto (koivisto@kde.org)
  *           (C) 2005 Allan Sandfeld Jensen (kde@carewolf.com)
  *           (C) 2005, 2006 Samuel Weinig (sam.weinig@gmail.com)
  * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Apple Inc.
  *               All rights reserved.
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  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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   else if (windowAutoscrollPoint.y() > windowBox.maxY() - autoscrollBeltSize)
     windowAutoscrollPoint.move(0, autoscrollBeltSize);
 
   return windowAutoscrollPoint - pointInRootFrame;
 }
 
 LayoutBox* LayoutBox::findAutoscrollable(LayoutObject* layoutObject) {
   while (
       layoutObject &&
       !(layoutObject->isBox() && toLayoutBox(layoutObject)->canAutoscroll())) {
+    // Do not start autoscroll when the node is inside a fixed-position element.
+    if (layoutObject->isBox() && toLayoutBox(layoutObject)->hasLayer() &&

[bokan, 2016/10/24 13:22:00]

Could you confirm that a scroller inside a position: fixed can still be auto
scrolled? e.g.

<div style="position: fixed">
  <div style="overflow: scroll">
    Selecting this text should allow autoscrolling within the overflow div
  </div>
</div>

[sunyunjia, 2016/10/24 14:10:25]

Confirmed!

+        toLayoutBox(layoutObject)->layer()->scrollsWithViewport()) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
     if (!layoutObject->parent() &&
         layoutObject->node() == layoutObject->document() &&
         layoutObject->document().localOwner())
       layoutObject = layoutObject->document().localOwner()->layoutObject();
     else
       layoutObject = layoutObject->parent();
   }
 
   return layoutObject && layoutObject->isBox() ? toLayoutBox(layoutObject) : 0;
 }
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   LayoutRect rect = frameRect();
 
   LayoutBlock* block = containingBlock();
   if (block)
     block->adjustChildDebugRect(rect);
 
   return rect;
 }
 
 }  // namespace blink