1074715 - The text from the awesomebar is moving vertically while the string is being typed in and a match is available

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1073243

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Andrei Vaida [:avaida]]

Note: this is a follow-up issue from Bug 1066358.

Reproducible on:
- Nightly 35.0a1, *only* on Mac and Linux platforms.

STR:
1. Launch Firefox with a clean profile.
2. Type in the following URL in the awesomebar: http://example.com/ and hit <enter>.
3. Bring back the awesomebar into focus, type in: http://example.net/ and hit <enter>.
4. Bring back the awesomebar into focus, type in: http://example.n but don't press the <enter> key. Keep partially typing the URL and check the behavior of the awesomebar.
 * see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8493001 as an example

ER:
The text being typed in the awesomebar is displayed properly, without any flickers/glitches.

AR:
If a match is available in the suggestions pane, the text being type in the awesomebar is moving vertically as you type.

Regression range:
(m-c):
Last good revision: c8e325eee9e1 (2014-09-19)
First bad revision: 27253887d2cc (2014-09-20)
Pushlog:
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=c8e325eee9e1&tochange=27253887d2cc

(m-i):
Last good revision: 18fe3472680f
First bad revision: 206e963fb3dd
Pushlog:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/pushloghtml?fromchange=18fe3472680f&tochange=206e963fb3dd

Probable cause:
86a707d5ffdb - Blair McBride — Bug 1065303 - Prepare autocomplete.xml/UnifiedComplete for adding new special result types and heuristics. r=mak

Additional notes:
- This issue is a regression.
- This issue is only reproducible on Mac and Linux, while *Windows is not affected*.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

please update the existing bug instead.