Open Bug 1905518 Opened 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago

Right-clicking on a tab and selecting "New Tab" doesn't focus the address bar if new tab is blank page (like it does when clicking the "+" button)..

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Version:
Firefox 129
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox-esr115 --- wontfix
firefox127 --- wontfix
firefox128 --- affected
firefox129 --- affected

People

(Reporter: vidarrkerr, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: papercut, ux-consistency, Whiteboard: [sng])

Steps to reproduce:

When you right-click on a tab and select "New Tab", the cursor does Not show up in the address/search bar (like it does when you click the "+" to open a new tab)..

Actual results:

When you right-click on a tab and select "New Tab", the cursor does Not show up in the address/search bar (like it does when you click the "+" to open a new tab)..

Expected results:

When the new tab is created/opened, the cursor should be IN the address/search bar.

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Address Bar' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Component: Untriaged → Address Bar

I can reproduce the issue on Nightly129.0a1 Windows11 if set New Tabs to Blank Page.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
status-firefox127: --- → wontfix
status-firefox128: --- → affected
status-firefox129: --- → affected
status-firefox-esr115: --- → wontfix
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: ux-consistency

I can reproduce as well, with the blank page requirement found by Alice0775, the urlbar doesn't get focus.

Severity: -- → S3
Priority: -- → P3
Summary: When you right-click on a tab and select "New Tab", the cursor does Not show up in the address/search bar (like it does when you click the "+" to open a new tab).. → Right-clicking on a tab and selecting "New Tab" doesn't focus the address bar if new tab is blank page (like it does when clicking the "+" button)..
Whiteboard: [sng]
Keywords: papercut
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