1280366 - Search Bar text undo is broken after its position was changed

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1620050

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P3)

Description

[Iulia Cristescu, QA [:JuliaC] (away, please needinfo? [e-mail])]

[Affected versions]:
- latest Nightly 50.0a1 (2016-06-15)
- latest Aurora 49.0a2 (2016-06-15)
- 48.0b1 build2 (20160606200529)
- 47.0 build3 (20160604131506)

[Affected platforms]:
- Windows 10 x64
- Ubuntu 14.04 x86
- Mac OS X 10.11

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Launch Firefox with a new profile
2. Go to Search Bar and perform several random searches
3. Focus the Search Bar and hit Ctrl+z several times
- inspect the Search Bar content
4. Go to Search Bar and perform several random searches
5. Go to Hamburger Menu -> Customize and move the Search Bar from its default position
6. Go to Search Bar and perform several random searches
7. Focus the Search Bar and hit Ctrl+z several times
- inspect the Search Bar content

[Expected result]:
- (steps 3 and 7) Search Bar displays the previous inserted sequences, regardless of its current or previous position

[Actual result]:
- (step 7) Search Bar doesn't display the previous inserted sequences anymore after its earlier position was changed

[Regression range]:
- This issue is _not a regression_, as it's reproducible all the way back to Fx 29.0.

[Additional notes]:
- A similar situation is encountered for Location Bar, too.

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

The issue here is that input elements don't keep their history when moved around the DOM. Therefore marking as a duplicate of bug 1620050 which has a good description of the issue.