2002293 - Search term is not retained in the search box if the search is submitted via Alt / Option + Shift + Enter or middle click

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P1)

Description

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

Notes

• The search term isn’t retained if submitting the search via middle-click.
• Not reproducible with the old search bar functionality.

Found in

• Firefox 147.0a1;

Affected versions

• Firefox 147.0a1;

Tested platforms

• Ubuntu 22;

Affected platforms

• Windows 11;
• Ubuntu 22;
• mac0S 15;

Unaffected platforms

• N/A

Preconditions

• browser.search.widget.new set to true

Steps to reproduce

1. Focus the new search box and enter any string.
2. Submit the search by using the Alt / Option + Shift + Enter or middle-click.

Expected result

• The search term should be retained.

Actual result

• The search term is missing.

Regression range

• Not a regression.

Comment 1

[Moritz Beier [:mbeier]]

Attachment: Bug 2002293 - Persist search term when opening search in new tab from new searchbar. r?dao

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/d9ff7a85ca57
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/b9a1955f1869
Persist search term when opening search in new tab from new searchbar. r=dao,urlbar-reviewers

Comment 3

[Cristian Tuns]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/b9a1955f1869

Comment 4

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

Reproducible on a 2025-11-25 Firefox Nightly build on Windows 10.

Verified as fixed on Firefox Nightly 148.0a1 on Windows 10, Ubuntu 22 and macOS 15.