402667 - URLs are frequently truncated at the beginning in autocomplete results

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Jesse Ruderman]

Attachment: screenshot 1

Lots of URLs are truncated at the beginning in autocomplete results, even though the matching part of the autocomplete result is also near the beginning.  I think this is a regression from the recent patch in bug 399664.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

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Comment 2

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this is related to bug #399664 (notice the ellipsis before the truncated urls)

I was going to write that this is sort of by design (as we want to ensure the emphasized / matching part is visible), but perhaps what we should do is try put the matching part in the middle of the scrollbox, which should be doable.

thoughts?

Comment 3

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Attachment: another screen shot

notice how most of bugzilla results are correct, but the two at the bottom are cropped incorrectly.

something must be going on with _setUpDescription() in #399664

Comment 4

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

I think we should always display the domain, followed by an ellipse (if necessary), and then the matching text.  So for instance:

http://subdomain.domain.com...matchingText/folder/fol..

This means that some matching results will not be sown if the domain is really long, but it is also important to try to mitigate phishing.

Comment 5

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when bug #399664 was backed out, this became invalid.