1377498 - Typing in the search box in the new tab and home pages should focus the location bar

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1508388

(Firefox :: Search, enhancement, P2)

Description

[Panos Astithas (he/him) [:past] (please ni?)]

This is an experiment we want to run, in order to confirm or refute our hypothesis that reducing the search access points will increase user satisfaction and make the browser easier to use. This functionality should be behind a pref, off by default, which we will flip in a Shield study.

Comment 1

[Panos Astithas (he/him) [:past] (please ni?)]

Attachment: Bug 1377498 - Add an experimental pref to focus the URL bar from content search access points

Review commit: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/163376/diff/#index_header
See other reviews: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/163376/

Comment 2

[Panos Astithas (he/him) [:past] (please ni?)]

This WIP patch doesn't yet cover the case of about:home loading with the focus on the search box, but otherwise works.

Comment 3

[Panos Astithas (he/him) [:past] (please ni?)]

Comment on attachment 8892418 [details]
Bug 1377498 - Add an experimental pref to focus the URL bar from content search access points

Review request updated; see interdiff: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/163376/diff/1-2/

Comment 4

[Emma Humphries ☕️🎸🧞‍♀️✨ (she/they) [:emceeaich] (Pacific Time) use needinfo]

This is an assigned P1 bug without activity in two weeks. 

If you intend to continue working on this bug for the current release/iteration/sprint, remove the 'stale-bug' keyword.

Otherwise we'll reset the priority of the bug back to '--' on Monday, August 28th.

Comment 5

[Panos Astithas (he/him) [:past] (please ni?)]

This experiment was deprioritized for now.

Comment 6

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

This was finally implemented in bug 1508388