1984435 - New tab button should work correctly when home page as new tab or home page search bar is enabled

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Android :: Toolbar, task)

Description

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

When home page as new tab is enabled or home page middle search bar is enabled, we should not show the keyboard when user taps on the new tab button.

Comment 1

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

Attachment: Bug 1984435 - New tab button should not focus on address bar if homepage new tab or homepage search bar is enabled.

Comment 3

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

Attachment: Bug 1984435 - New tab button should not focus on address bar if homepage new tab or homepage search bar is enabled.

Original Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D261997

Comment 4

[Phabricator Automation]

firefox-beta Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: Home middle search bar experiment will be compromised.
• Code covered by automated testing: yes
• Fix verified in Nightly: no
• Needs manual QE test: no
• Steps to reproduce for manual QE testing: With home search bar enabled, tap on the new tab button when browsing on a site. Home should be shown without the keyboard popping up.
• Risk associated with taking this patch: Low
• Explanation of risk level: Only affects how we navigation to home when experiment is running.
• String changes made/needed: None
• Is Android affected?: yes

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/b9f90242ff9b
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/75735413c42f
New tab button should not focus on address bar if homepage new tab or homepage search bar is enabled. r=android-reviewers,gl

Comment 6

[Cristina Horotan [:chorotan]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/75735413c42f

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/d35f2a0a6773
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/ec1f8db57390

Comment 8

[Adina Petridean QA [:apetridean]]

Attachment: screen-20251001-141207.mp4

Verified as fixed on the latest Nightly - 144.0a1 - 31.08.2025 and on Fenix 143.0b6 with Google Pixel 7 Pro (Android 14).