1399856 - No highlighter displayed when searching for strings inside Use custom settings from History

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Bogdan Maris [:bogdan_maris], Release Desktop QA]

[Note]:
- This bug is a followup of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397729#c13

[Affected versions]:
- Firefox beta 56.0b12
- latest Nightly 57.0a1

[Affected platforms]:
- Windows 10 64bit
- macOS 10.12.6
- Ubuntu 16.04 32bit

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Start Firefox
2. Go to about:preferences
3. Search for "The following cookies"

[Expected result]:
- The search finds the string inside Browser Privacy/History/Use custom settings.../Show Cookies dialog and there is a highlighter showing this.

[Actual result]:
- There is no highlighter notifying the user that 'The following cookies' was found inside History and how to reach it.

[Regression range]:
- This is not a recent regression.

Comment 1

[Francis Lee [:frlee]]

hi Tina,

could you please comment on this?

thank you

Comment 2

[Ricky Chien [:rickychien] (inactive)]

Based on issue description, the probably solution would be to display tooltip on top of menulist. Indicating sub-panels results under each menuitem as well as all sub-dialogs results in sub-panel. However, current search algorithm is targeting on responsive and speed but it is not designed for providing complete search result. Search algorithm is hard to refine at this moment and it might need much effort for it.

Comment 3

[Tina Hsieh[:Tina_Hsieh] UX]

Since users might not use the specific term "The following cookies" instead of just "cookies", I'd close this bug for now and invest our time/effort on other bugs.

Comment 4

[Francis Lee [:frlee]]

remove whiteboard tag due to its WONTFIX