Closed Bug 1137551 Opened 10 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Address bar history autocomplete no longer working correctly

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Version:
36 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: bmarsh, Unassigned)

Details

Description: "http://127.0.0.1/doc/python/html/library/urllib2.html" is in my history and I used to be able to find it by just typing "urllib2", but now I have to type "python", select "http://127.0.0.1/doc/python/html/library/*.html", then remove the page from the end of the address and start typing "urrlib2" before I get any form of suggestion.
Is there anyone who knows where the location bar code is situated? It may help me find the point of failure and pass on the fix to those with access to the writeable repositories.
http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/components/places/nsPlacesAutoComplete.js Btw, it's possible you have some sort of corruption at the db level, After a backup I'd suggest to try to do a db check with https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/ Apart that, is that url a redirect?
(In reply to Marco Bonardo [::mak] from comment #2) > http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/components/places/ > nsPlacesAutoComplete.js > > Btw, it's possible you have some sort of corruption at the db level, After a > backup I'd suggest to try to do a db check with > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/ > > Apart that, is that url a redirect? Actually, downgrading fixed the issue. And the URL is not a redirect. I'd accessed it an others like it 100's of times before-hand. Looking at the code, it appears there are now more preferences that influence the operation of the suggestions. I'll try backing up my current ff install and try the new version again.
Ok, tested it. Still failing. Even worse, it is only showing live searches, which I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT!!!! It seems that if is now preferring to search the web to auto-complete instead of searching bookmarks and history correctly.
Additional: "traceback" brings up "http://127.0.0.1/doc/python/html/library/traceback.html" which has the title "27.10. traceback — Print or retrieve a stack traceback" urllib2 does not bring up "http://127.0.0.1/doc/python/html/library/urllib2.html" with has the title "20.6. urllib2 — extensible library for opening URLs" "places-maintenance" finds no issues. As an aside "moz bug" no longer suggests this page.
Please check in Options / Privacy that all the checkboxes for the autocomplete are checked.
Yes. All are ticked. Interestingly, 5nstalling 36 then reverting by copying existing 35 files over the top left the problem intact.
The add-on "Old Location Bar" partially fixes the problem. Looks like whatever causes the error in the base product is fixed in this. Might be worth a look.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Firefox 63.0 seems to have broken this again. Typing in the address bar no longer pulls up partially matching URLs from the browser history. The only URLs that show up are simple base URLs like http://google.com without any additional parameters. It used to do partial matches on the whole URL found in the browser history.
your problem is unlikely a bug filed 4 years ago, please file a new bug.
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