Open Bug 1960525 Opened 7 months ago Updated 6 months ago

[Homepage as a new tab] how to undo a new tab created by mistake? "new tab" button does not show previous tab in Jump back in, "back" gesture does not work

Categories

(Firefox for Android :: Homepage, defect)

Product:
Firefox for Android
Component:
Homepage
Version:
Firefox 139
Platform:
All
Android
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Status:
UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: mark.paxman99, Unassigned, NeedInfo)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 14; Mobile; rv:139.0) Gecko/139.0 Firefox/139.0

Steps to reproduce:

With Homepage as a new tab it is difficult to undo a new tab created by mistake

Disable Homepage as a new tab
Open a tab on eg mozilla.org
Tap the new tab icon
mozilla.org appears in Jump back in
-> correct behavior
Enable Homepage as a new tab
Open a tab on eg mozilla.org
Tap the new tab icon
mozilla.org does not appear in Jump back in
-> incorrect behavior??? Maybe not sure

Poss related to bug 1950548???

I think the issue is, with Homepage as a new tab enabled there is no obvious way to undo a new tab if it is created by mistake. "back" gesture does not work, Jump back in is not present. Hmmmm

Actual results:

See above

Expected results:

See above

Summary: [Homepage as a new tab] "new tab" button does not show previous tab in Jump back in, hard to under a new tab created by mistake → [Homepage as a new tab] "new tab" button does not show previous tab in Jump back in, hard to undo a new tab created by mistake
Summary: [Homepage as a new tab] "new tab" button does not show previous tab in Jump back in, hard to undo a new tab created by mistake → [Homepage as a new tab] how to undo a new tab created by mistake? "new tab" button does not show previous tab in Jump back in, "back" gesture does not work

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