Open Bug 1710650 Opened 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago

The entire "Amazon suggestions" section disappears and reappears for a moment after typing a keyword in the Awesomebar

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(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P5)

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defect

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Tracking Status
firefox88 --- affected
firefox89 --- affected
firefox90 --- affected

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(Reporter: cmuntean, Unassigned)

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Attached image Amazon suggestions.gif

[Notes]:

  • The issue is reproducible after searching a keyword that will result in a History, Bookmark, Opened Tabs or a QuickSuggest result.
  • I haven't managed to reproduce this issue using other default search engines.

[Affected versions]:

  • Firefox Nightly 90.0a1 (Build ID: 20210511093339);

[Affected Platforms]:

  • Windows 10 x64;
  • macOS 10.15.7;
  • Linux Mint 20 x64;

[Prerequisites]:

  • Have the latest Firefox Nightly installed.
  • Have the "Show search suggestions ahead of browsing history in address bar results" option is unchecked.
  • Have the following prefs set:
  • browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.enabled to true.
  • browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.seenRestarts to '89'.
  • browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.showedOnboardingDialog to true.
  • browser.urlbar.experimental.firefoxSuggestLabels.enabled totrue`.

[Steps to reproduce]:

  1. Open the Firefox browser with the profile from prerequisites.
  2. Navigate to "about:preferences#search" page and set "Amazon.com" as default search engine.
  3. Open a new tab and start typing "nike" keyword.
    Note: You can type any keyword that will result a Firefox Suggest like History, Bookmark, Opened tab or a QuickSuggest result.
  4. observe the "Amazon suggestions" section.

[Expected result]:

  • The "Amazon suggestions" section section is correctly displayed.

[Actual result]:

  • The "Amazon suggestions" section section disappears and reappears for a moment.

[Additional Notes]:

  • Attached a screen recording of the issue.

Could you please try this with browser.urlbar.experimental.firefoxSuggestLabels.enabled set to false, and/or with a Nightly before bug 1709992 landed? I don't think this has anything to do with that bug or the Amazon suggestions label. I think what you're seeing is just that the Amazon suggestions take a moment to arrive, which was always possible. If you disable that pref and/or use an older Nightly, do you still see the Amazon suggestions disappear and reappear?

Flags: needinfo?(cmuntean)

@Drew, yes you are right. This behavior was not introduced by bug 1709992. I have managed to reproduce the issue on Firefox 88.0.1 release without the Firefox Suggest feature.

No longer blocks: qsmc, 1709992
Flags: needinfo?(cmuntean)

Thanks. This is due to the async nature of urlbar view updates. In general we prioritize showing results as fast as possible even if it comes at the expense of flickering like this. It may be possible to improve this specific case, but the larger issue is async updates.

Severity: S3 → S4
Priority: -- → P5
See Also: → 1693777
See Also: → 1647721
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