1120389 - "search.xml, line 500: TypeError: aEvent is undefined" when using the 'Paste & Search' context menu item

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

Attachment: Fix

Line 500 in the preprocessed file is http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/annotate/bb8d6034f5f2/browser/components/search/content/search.xml#l508

This is from bug 1102937.

Blake, the case where we don't have an event object is when the user clicked the "Paste & Search" context menu item: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/annotate/bb8d6034f5f2/browser/components/search/content/search.xml#l819
Are we happy with this being recorded as "unknown" for telemetry?

Comment 1

[Blake Winton (:bwinton) (:☕️)]

Could we pass in a special event object to record it as a "paste" search?  (It looks like we could change http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/annotate/bb8d6034f5f2/browser/components/search/content/search.xml#l819 to say "BrowserSearch.searchBar.handleSearchCommand({type:'paste'})", and then check for that in http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/annotate/bb8d6034f5f2/browser/components/search/content/search.xml#l476 without _too_ many code changes…)

Comment 2

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

(In reply to Blake Winton (:bwinton) from comment #1)
> Could we pass in a special event object to record it as a "paste" search?

We could, but I'm not sure it's easier than passing the real command event, and detecting that it was on a menuitem with the paste-and-search anonid.

Would you like to do this as a separate bug, or takeover this bug and do it here?

Comment 3

[Blake Winton (:bwinton) (:☕️)]

I'm kind of swamped.  Could I ask you to pass the real command event, and detect it was on the paste-and-search menu item?

Comment 4

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

(In reply to Blake Winton (:bwinton) from comment #3)
> I'm kind of swamped.  Could I ask you to pass the real command event, and
> detect it was on the paste-and-search menu item?

I guess I'll file another bug then (and probably mark it as mentored), as it's not directly related; just the way to reproduce this bug. We still need to support the aEvent parameter being undefined, as add-ons could be using it.

Comment 5

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/fx-team/rev/dceee642eec7

Comment 6

[Wes Kocher (:KWierso) (Not reading bugmail; email directly if needed)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/dceee642eec7

Comment 7

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

Comment on attachment 8547516 [details] [diff] [review]
Fix

Approval Request Comment
[Feature/regressing bug #]: bug 1102937
[User impact if declined]: JS error in the console, telemetry not working in an edge case. No feature visibly broken.
[Describe test coverage new/current, TBPL]: none
[Risks and why]: very low, just moving a line of code closer to where it's actually used.
[String/UUID change made/needed]: none.

Comment 8

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

Comment on attachment 8547516 [details] [diff] [review]
Fix

Aurora+

Comment 9

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM][PTO June 24-28]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-aurora/rev/6c054dbd2711