1108646 - Search engine suggestions noticeably flicker when updating

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[aleth [:aleth]]

This is distracting. It is particularly visible
- when backspace-deleting characters from the search string, or 
- when the number of suggestions changes (this happens all the time when the user has suggestions from the search engine turned off, and the only source of suggestions is the user search history).

A solution might be to wait some ms before updating the previous selections when typing, and possibly to add some suitable CSS transitions.

Comment 1

[aleth [:aleth]]

(In reply to aleth [:aleth] from comment #0)
> possibly to add some suitable CSS transitions.

To clarify, I was thinking of the total height of the suggestions box here, but on second thoughts I'm not sure a transition would actually improve things.

Comment 2

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

We've done some work to improve this, is it still as bad?

Comment 3

[aleth [:aleth]]

It seems OK to me - it's only the actual suggestion strings that flicker now, and repainting those is probably hard to avoid.

Comment 4

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Let's close this as good enough for now then.