1059395 - "http:// mozilla" only matches URLs that include 'http://' in the path/querystring

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P3)

Description

[:Gijs (he/him)]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1048857 +++

0. clear history
1. Open "http://www.mozilla.org"
2. Copy the URL
3. Open a new tab
4. Paste the URL in the search field
5. Execute the search
6. Open a new tab
7. Close the previous tab with mozilla.org loaded in it, and the search results tab
8. Type "http:// mo"

Expected:

Results for both "http://www.mozilla.org" and the search for that URL

Actual:

Only results for the search


This works in Firefox 32, at least, but breaks on Nightly (post landing bug 1048857, otherwise you get no results at all)

Comment 2

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

We discussed this a little bit, I think the current behavior is satisfying enough.
We ignore the protocol when matching on URLs because it's a too much lenient matcher, any URL with that protocol would match, while it seems more useful in this case to return URLs or titles that contain "http://" in non-obvious positions (so I can more easily search for titles containing that protocol).
We are more restrictive, and we feel like it's better.