Open Bug 1677113 Opened 3 years ago Updated 2 months ago

Address bar dropdown flickers while typing previously searched items

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P3)

Firefox 84
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Status
firefox82 --- unaffected
firefox83 --- affected
firefox84 --- affected

People

(Reporter: phorea, Unassigned)

References

Details

[Affected versions]:

  • 83.0RC
  • 84.0a1 2020-11-13

[Affected platforms]:

  • Win 10 x64
  • Ubuntu 18.04 x64
  • Mac OS X 10.15

[Steps to reproduce]:

  1. Perform a search in address bar - search results are listed on the default search engine page
  2. Close the tab and open a new one
  3. Type the previously searched string - The search suggestions do not contain any duplicates of the history entries.

[Expected result]:

  • No flickers while typing history entries

[Actual result]:

  • The previously opened url is displayed briefly while typing

[Regression range]:

[Suggested severity]:

  • S4

[Additional note]:

We can always get better at preventing flickering. Marco, do any of your papercut clusters address flickering?

Severity: normal → S4
Flags: needinfo?(mak)
Priority: -- → P3

no, but I'll add to the UX/polish cluster.

Flags: needinfo?(mak)
See Also: → 1710621
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