1913197 - [Dedicated Search button] about:preferences#search is not put in foreground if already open in a different window

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Petruta Horea [:phorea], Desktop Test Engineering (back on Sep 5th)]

Found in

• Nightly 131.0a1;

Affected versions

• Nightly 131.0a1;

Affected platforms

• Ubuntu 22;
• macOS 14;
• Windows 11;

Preconditions

• Have browser.urlbar.scotchBonnet.enableOverride to TRUE

Steps to reproduce

1. Open about:preferences#search from the Unified desktop search button dropdown
2. Open a new window and select Search settings again from the Unified desktop search dropdown

Expected result

• about:preferences#search tab that was open in the first window (step 1) is brought into view

Actual result

• Current tab flashes, about:preferences#search is not put in foreground. If another tab from the first window is selected before opening the second window, the focus will be moved to about:preferences#search tab, while still in background.

Regression range

• Not a regression.

Comment 1

[Daisuke Akatsuka (:daisuke)]

Attachment: Bug 1913197: Consume the mouse event for opening settings to prevent from moving focus

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/534ad3b31ef2
Consume the mouse event for opening settings to prevent from moving focus r=daleharvey

Comment 3

[Iulian Moraru]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/534ad3b31ef2

Comment 4

[Ardelean Oana, Desktop Test Engineering [:oardelean]]

Reproducible on a 2024-08-14 Nightly build on Windows 10.
Verified as fixed on Firefox Nightly 132.0a1 and Firefox 131.0b5 on Windows 10, Ubuntu 22, macOS 14.