1288120 - "Switch to tab" still appears after the user closes the initial tab

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1207697

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P5)

Description

[Cristian Comorasu, QA [:ccomorasu], Releae Desktop QA - Please contact [e-mail]]

Attachment: Switch to tab fail

[Affected versions]:
 Fx 48.0b9 (20160718142219)
 Fx 49.0a2 (20160720004018)
 Fx 50.0a1 (20160719030224)

[Affected platforms]:
 Windows 10 x64
 Windows 7 x32

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Open latest Firefox beta/aurora/nightly .
2. Go to a webpage (i.e www.yahoo.com)
3. Open a new tab and access the same page as in step 2.
4. Close the first tab.
5. Hit the Down Arrow Key to open Awesome bar the drop down list.
5. Select the suggestion from step 2 .(it may have the "Switch to Tab" icon)

[Expected result]:
 The "Switch to Tab" icon should disappear or go to the page.

[Actual result]:
 The page goes blank(see attachment).

[Regression Range]:
 This is not a regression since it's reproducible all the way back from Fx 4.2.

Comment 1

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Marco, any idea if this is a known issue?

Comment 2

[Marco Bonardo [:mak] (Away Apr 25 - May 5)]

No, not known afaict.
I think the "problem" is that, since the search string dind't change, we don't re-query and we just show the previous result, that still includes the switch to tab entry.

I don't have an idea to fix this, unless we listen for tab changes and invalidate the previous result. But that's a lot of added complexity for a minor annoyance that is not that likely to happen.