138794 - Connection error in new tab leaves address bar blank

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 103720

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Malcolm Scott]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020417
BuildID:    2002041711

If a tab is opened with a URL (e.g. from middle-click, or Ctrl+Enter, or
dragging a bookmark onto an empty space on the tab bar) and loading of that URL
fails (e.g. due to a DNS lookup error), then the address bar remains blank,
rather than containing the URL specified.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set your prefs so that Ctrl+Enter and Middle-click will open in a new tab.
2. Type an invalid URL into the address bar (e.g. http://www.abc.def/ ) or
middle-click that link.
3. The error "www.abc.def could not be found" error appears, as expected, but...

Actual Results:  The address bar for the new tab is blank.

Expected Results:  The address bar should contain the URL specified (in this
case http://www.abc.def/ ).

Why this is bad:
1. If I mistyped a URL, then I want to be able to correct it (e.g. to change
".com" into ".net" or whatever) without retyping it.
2. If my internet connection has gone down, I want to be able to reconnect and
try again.
etc.

This bug is almost certainly related to the fact that, when loading a page in a
new tab, the URL is not displayed in the address bar until data starts arriving.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 103720 ***

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

marking verified as a duplicate.

if you decide to reopen this bug, please clarify why.

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