151807 - New Tab button does not give focus to the URL location bar

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Ariel Arjona]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020613
BuildID:    2002061308

When using the New Tab button one has to click on the location bar in order to
type the URL. This does not happen if one choses File - New - Navigator Tab or
uses Ctrl+T. When using the any of those 2 methods, after the new tab is created
the location bar gets focus and one can type the URL immediatly.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click on the New Tab button
2.Try to type a URL


Actual Results:  typing the URL wont work. Clicking on the location bar is necesary.

Expected Results:  the location bar should gain focus automatically after the
new tab is created.

I am using the modern theme.

Comment 1

[alanjstr]

Where is the option for a New Tab button?  I don't see it under Preferences ->
Navigator with the other ones.

Comment 2

[jag (Peter Annema)]

There's a button in recent builds which can't be removed, but given how small it
is I don't think we'll provide a way for it.

I'll come up with a fix for this bug.

Comment 3

[Dave]

Bug 151876 and this bug seem identical.  Given that 151876 has already been
marked NEW, perhaps this bug should be duped against it.

Comment 4

[jag (Peter Annema)]

*** Bug 151876 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[jag (Peter Annema)]

Accepting. We want this polish for a good user experience.

Comment 6

[Samir Gehani]

Nav triage team: nsbeta1-.  Let's take this in the next release.

Comment 7

[jag (Peter Annema)]

Attachment: Make focus go to urlbar

I had the patch already, attaching it for future reference.

Comment 8

[Ariel Arjona]

:(
1.2alpha will be released around september according to the roadmap.
wouldn't it be easier to get the fix out of the door, being that there is a 
patch already? the bug is frustrating for sure.

Comment 9

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

I think this should go into machv. Jag, what do you think?

Comment 10

[Blake Ross]

Comment on attachment 88379 [details] [diff] [review]
Make focus go to urlbar

sr=blake

Comment 11

[Brian Ryner (not reading)]

Comment on attachment 88379 [details] [diff] [review]
Make focus go to urlbar

r=bryner

Comment 12

[jag (Peter Annema)]

Checked in.

Comment 13

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

*** Bug 157753 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14

[http://tinymailto.com/oliversl]

This bug is present in Mozilla 1.0.1RC2.
From the "Open a new tab" button, and from right click on a 
tab and select "New Tab".

Comment 15

[http://tinymailto.com/oliversl]

Comfirmed fixed in Mozilla 1.1. Forget about the 1.0.1RC2 post.
Sorry about the SPAM

Comment 16

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

vrfy'd fixed with 2002.09.19.08 comm trunk, all platforms (finally!).