1971335 - Context menu can't be opened when right-clicking inside the "Add Search Engine" fields

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P1)

Description

[Dana Lucaci, Desktop QA]

Found in

• Beta 140.0b7

Affected versions

• Beta 140.0b7
• Nightly 141.a1

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Windows 10, Ubuntu 22, macOS 14

Preconditions

• browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh is set to true

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to a website that has a search field (eg: www.wikipedia.org/).
2. Right click inside the website's search field.
3. Click on the "Add Search Engine" option from the context menu.
4. Right-click in one of the fields in order to open the context menu.

Expected result

• The context menu is correctly displayed.
• The copy/paste actions can be made using the context menu.

Actual result

• The context menu does not appear, so copy and paste actions cannot be performed through it.

Regression range

• Not a regression.

Additional notes

• As a workaround, you can use keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V) to perform copy and paste actions.

Comment 1

[Drew Willcoxon :adw]

I can't reproduce this on 140.0b7 or Nightly on macOS. Could you add more detail please? Are there any errors in Firefox's browser console at any point in your STR? (Tools menu > Browser Tools > Browser Console)

Here's what I did:

1. Verify browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh is true
2. Open https://www.wikipedia.org/
3. Right-click in the search field in the middle of the page
4. Click Add Search Engine
5. Right-click in the search field again

The context menu appears as expected and paste, select all, etc. work. I also tried with https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/.

Comment 2

[Alice0775 White]

Attachment: image.png

I can reproduce the issue.
No context menu appears.

Comment 3

[Drew Willcoxon :adw]

Thanks Alice, I see now. I really misread Dana's STR. This dialog is part of the search code so I'll move this bug there. It's not obvious at a quick glance why there's no context menu.

Comment 4

[Moritz Beier [:mbeier]]

Attachment: Bug 1971335 - Context menu can't be opened when right-clicking inside the "Add Search Engine" fields. r?#search-reviewers

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/e6eb237ecbd4
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/fb1a06af15af
Context menu can't be opened when right-clicking inside the "Add Search Engine" fields. r=search-reviewers,scunnane

Comment 6

[Cristina Horotan [:chorotan]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/fb1a06af15af

Comment 7

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The patch landed in nightly and beta is affected.
:mbeier, is this bug important enough to require an uplift?

• If yes, please nominate the patch for beta approval.
  • See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Requesting_an_Uplift for documentation on how to request an uplift.
• If no, please set status-firefox141 to wontfix.

For more information, please visit BugBot documentation.

Comment 8

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

Issue is reproducible on a 2025-07-06 Firefox Nightly build on macOS 15.
Verified as fixed on Firefox Nightly 142.0a1 on Windows 10, Ubuntu 22, macOS 15.

Comment 9

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

Updating the bug since the issue has been verified per Comment 8.