1373613 - moz-extension urls should not be added to Newtab page (topSites)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, enhancement, P3)

Description

[YF (Yang)]

I see the moz-extension://e123dc37-5eb1-48b8-ab5e-d123eff20752/newTab.xhtml (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/versions/beta) appear in New Tab page.

Comment 1

[Marat Tanalin]

Indeed, if new-tab page is overridden via the “chrome_url_overrides → newtab” manifest option, then:

* the location bar should be EMPTY — exactly as if it was NOT overridden;

* the `about:newtab` pseudo-URL should point to the CUSTOM new-tab page instead of the browser’s built-in one.

Comment 2

[YF (Yang)]

(In reply to Marat Tanalin | tanalin.com from comment #1)
> * the location bar should be EMPTY — exactly as if it was NOT overridden;

see also bug 1372996.

Comment 3

[Dominik Moritz]

This has become a major usability issue for me. I use an extension that overrides the new tab page and when I open a new tab and start typing, I always start searching for `moz-extension://0157b1aa-859c-5747-b947-6b5781df5b36/index.htmlmearchterm`. In Chrome, the URL bar is empty as suggested by Marat.

Comment 4

[Dominik Moritz]

I believe this issue has been fixed in Firefox 57.

Comment 5

[Dominik Moritz]

Can this be closed?

Comment 6

[YF (Yang)]

Maybe activity streams exclude it.


bug 1314123, bug 1392063.