Closed Bug 1042401 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

The find bar should not exist on a per-tab basis

Categories

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Find Toolbar
Version:
30 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 920031

People

(Reporter: joel1234567, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0 (Beta/Release) Build ID: 20140605174243 Steps to reproduce: I recently upgraded from FF24 to FF30 because firebug was really crippling my development environment without the upgrades available in FF30+. Now, when switching between tabs the 'find' from other tabs disappears. This behavior is somewhat crippling- for me anyway- and represents a pretty massive shift in how firefox works for all users. To not have any way to revert back to the way that firefox 'find' has worked since the beginning of it's existence feels like a bug, or at least an oversight. It looks like this change was created as a bug with "Bug 537013 - The find bar should exist on a per-tab basis". At the very minimum, this change should be configurable to turn it on or off. I keep multiple related tasks open in one window, and need to search through those tabs repeatedly, from one tab to the next. If I have unrelated tasks, I open a new window and group them together there. I don't want my search string to disappear and have to re-type it in every single tab that I have open. I think this is similar to the request in #909378. Actual results: I opened a new tab, and my 'find' string disappeared. Instead of being able to just click an arrow to locate the next occurrence of my find string, I have to re-type the entire search string that I already entered previously. Expected results: When I switch to a new tab, what I am 'find-ing' on should not disappear.
You can use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/findbar-tweak/ for the behavior you are requesting.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Component: Untriaged → Tabbed Browser
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
The suggestion to install a plug-in does not seem like an acceptable solution to me. Why do I need to install yet another add-on to get the behavior which has always been default? Why does one person's bug post completely change how find works, yet my bug post to preserve it's behavior not matter?
Additionally, I use FF on about 6 different systems. To install an additional add-on on every system is not ideal.
(In reply to Joel Wheeler from comment #3) > Additionally, I use FF on about 6 different systems. To install an > additional add-on on every system is not ideal. add-ons from addons.mozilla.org are synced.
Component: Tabbed Browser → Find Toolbar
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
The dislike of the suggested work around does not prevent this from being a duplicate request.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago → 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Sorry, I think the status was just overwritten accidentally because we had a comment collision and my changes overwrote yours.
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