1113556 - Typing a search term in the search bar and then resizing the browser window to a minimum results in an error thrown by nsSearchSuggestions.js:136

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P4)

Description

[Andrei Vaida [:avaida]]

Reproducible on: Firefox 34.0.5 (20141126041045), Firefox 35.0b5 (20141218174327), Aurora 36.0a2 (2014-12-18), Nightly 37.0a1 (2014-12-18).

Affected platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit.

STR:
1. Launch Firefox with a clean profile.
2. In the search bar displayed in the toolbar, type a random search term (e.g. test).
3. Reduce the width of the browser window until the search bar is no longer displayed.
4. Check the Browser Console.

Expected result: The user is able to narrow down the width of the browser and move the search bar into the overflow menu without encountering any issues.

Actual result: Once the search bar is moved into the overflow menu, the previously typed search term disappears and nsSearchSuggestions.js:136 throws the following error:
> TypeError: searchParam is null nsSearchSuggestions.js:136

Notes:
(a) The error message and its origin varies from branch to branch:
 (a.1) on Firefox 34.0.5: 
> searchParam is null nsSearchSuggestions.js:132
 (a.2) on Aurora 36.0a2 (2014-12-18) and Nightly 37.0a1 (2014-12-18): 
> TypeError: searchParam is null nsSearchSuggestions.js:136:8
(b) This issue *does not* affect Windows 8.1 32-bit, Mac OS X 10.9.5.
(c) This issue *does not* affect Firefox 33.1.1 (20141113143407).

Comment 1

[BMO Automation]

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.

Comment 2

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

This is working for me in current Firefox.