1327530 - Browser discriminates about:newtab - when I drop url/bookmark "about:newtab" in urlbar, nothing happens

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P5)

Description

[arni2033]

>>>   My Info:   Win7_64, Nightly 49, 32bit, ID 20160526082509
STR_1:
1. Open url in a new tab:   data:text/html,about:newtab
2. Select all text on page, drag and drop it to urlbar
 (bonus - there's already bug, but you can continue)
3. Add bookmark with url "about:newtab", move it in bookmarks toolbar, enable bookmarks toolbar
4. Drag bookmark created in Step 3 to urlbar

AR:  Url I dropped into urlbar appears in urlbar. That's all.
ER:  At least some logic. I.e. Either X or Y or Z
 X) about:newtab should load in current tab
 Y) All "about:" urls shouldn't load in current tab when I perform STR_1 (e.g. with "about:home")
 Z) All urls shouldn't load in current tab when I perform STR_1 (e.g. with "http://example.org")

Notes:
1) Given the fact that Firefox has no native way to unload tabs and no native way to kill content
   process of current tab, user has to use workarounds like STR_1 in order to save at least some RAM
2) Currently browser doesn't use logic at all: it's not clear why it discriminates url "about:newtab"
   so badly, while allowing other "about:" urls. Options (Y) and (Z) are way more reasonable.
   This is inconsistency in urlbar behavior, because the rest of browser works correctly:
   bookmarks sidebar creates bookmark when I drop url "about:newtab", tabs toolbar loads url in
   current tab when I drop url "about:newtab" on that tab. Only location bar is illogical.

Comment 1

[Florencia Di Ciocco, NI to vbalducci]

Hi, I think that this bug has been fixed. If I'm mistaken, please reopen it.
Regards, Flor.