Closed Bug 177797 Opened 22 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Satchel autocomplete only works on first tab

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(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

x86
All
defect
Not set
normal

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VERIFIED FIXED

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(Reporter: dunx, Assigned: bugs)

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(1 file, 1 obsolete file)

Found in Phoenix 0.4 on win2k w SP2 installed.

Satchel's autocomplete is only offering me autocomplete options on form fields
displayed on the first tab opened in a new browser window.

I never see any satchel options on tabs opened subsequently in a browser window,
whether that tab was opened using "New Tab" or by Ctrl+Click on a link.

This behaviour persists even if I close the original tab to put another tab at
the front of the tab set: I still see no satchel autocomplete options.

The Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn shortcut which brings up the satchel list when focus is on a
form field in the first tab acts only to switch tabs when focus is on a form
field in other tabs.

Text entered in the same field in other tabs is added to the satchel set which
appears on the same form field in the first opened tab.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
*** Bug 179710 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I can confirm this with 2002-11-12 on Linux.
OS: Windows 2000 → All
I don't have a complete understanding why this bug exists, but this patch takes
care of the problem.
Keywords: patch
This is a better/faster version of the previous fix, along with some whitespace
changes to detachFormFill().
Attachment #108477 - Attachment is obsolete: true
What's happening is that in tabbrowser.xml, the autocompletepopup attribute of
the child browser that is created by hand is not set when all the init
attributes are set. A simpler fix is to patch it there (1 line). I have done
this and checked it in. 
Assignee: hewitt → ben
Fix checked in. 
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → Phoenix0.6
what is needed for this to be working in Mozilla?
Satchel is Phoenix only. Mozilla AFAIK has the old form manager that is replaced
by Satchel in Phoenix.
Verified fixed behaviour against nightly build from 28th February 2003.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
*** Bug 197368 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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