1308728 - The Find Toolbar doesn't notice when the current selected text changes

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect)

Description

[B.J. Herbison]

Attachment: HTML page to demonstrate the issue

Steps to reproduce:
1) Load the attached Frank.html.
2) Search for c0x (or whatever the current number is).
3) Wait 20 seconds.

Expected result:
* When the page text changes the new text is displayed.
* When the page text changes the Find Toolbar does whatever a UX expert says it should do. (Probably either exit find mode or try to find the next occurrence of the string.)

Actual result:
* The page changes are hidden from the user by the Find Toolbar.

I first noticed this problem in the eBay watch list. I searched for a string, clicked Edit Note, changed the text, and pressed Save. I was surprised my edit hadn't occurred and wondered whether I had pressed Cancel instead of Save. It actually had occurred, but Firefox was lying to me.

Comment 1

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

Too late for firefox 52, mass-wontfix.