2014258 - Search bar history entries can no longer be removed

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P1)

Description

[Petruta Horea [:phorea]]

Notes

• Not reproducible when deleting search history items from address bar.
• The search bar behaviour is similar to legacy search bar, where only Shift+Del deletes the history items. The removed records from address bar are still displayed in the search bar.

Found in

• Firefox Nightly 149.0a1 2026-02-02;

Affected versions

• Firefox Nightly 149.0a1;

Affected platforms

• Windows 11;
• Ubuntu 22;
• macOS 15;

Unaffected platforms

• N/A;

Steps to reproduce

1. Add the search bar to toolbar in Customize menu.
2. Perform a few searches from search bar or address bar.
3. Click the searchbar with an empty input (or press the Down arrow button) to see the recent searches.
4. Select a recent search suggestion from the dropdown and click on 'Remove from History' from 3-dots menu.
5. Open again the dropdown and Shift+Del another recent history entry.

Expected result

• Entries are removed from search bar and address bar panels.

Actual result

• Item is not cleared from search bar history, opening the dropdown again will display the previously deleted items.
• Entries are cleared from address bar Recent searches section.

Regression range

• last good: 2026-01-25
• first bad: 2026-01-26
• pushlog: https://hg-edge.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/pushloghtml?fromchange=97d938363c9357d66b9fcbb6390366a41e31bd83&tochange=1dc596aaf192ab396e6abeae83dc2afd986de621

Comment 1

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

:mbeier, since you are the author of the regressor, bug 2008429, could you take a look? Also, could you set the severity field?

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Comment 2

[Moritz Beier [:mbeier]]

Attachment: Bug 2014258 - Ensure recent searches can be forgotten using results menu in new searchbar. r?#urlbar-reviewers

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/54ddfcf003e8
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/7d406f910a6a
Ensure recent searches can be forgotten using results menu in new searchbar. r=urlbar-reviewers,dao

Comment 4

[Sebastian Hengst [:aryx] (needinfo me if it's about an intermittent or backout)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7d406f910a6a

Comment 5

[Petruta Horea [:phorea]]

Verified that the Results menu removes previously searched items using the latest Nightly 149.0a1, across platforms.

However, on macOS, the Shift + Delete shortcut does not remove the highlighted search history entry.
I also tried Shift + Fn + Delete, but it does not work either.
This appears to be either macOS-specific behavior or a regression, since the shortcut works on Windows/Linux. Moritz, do you have any other ideas for this specific case? Thank you!

Comment 6

[Moritz Beier [:mbeier]]

The key labeled "Delete" on the builtin keyboard of MacBooks is what we consider backspace, but Fn + Delete should send the actual delete.

When I press Shift + Fn + Delete(Backspace) on the builtin keyboard, it successfully removes the history entry (on the latest Nightly).
On my external (non-Apple) keyboard, Shift + Fn + Backspace does not work because it has a dedicated Delete key which does successfully remove the history entry.

Which keyboard did you use?

Comment 7

[Petruta Horea [:phorea]]

I use the builtin keyboard on a MacBook Pro.
Shift + Delete works for address bar entries.

LE: I believe I had some Firefox build updates issues (caused by bug 2016721) on Friday when I wrote the previous comment.
The shortcut works now for search bar entries on latest Nightly. Sorry for the noise.