267150 - Find As You Type should be disabled in about:config

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect)

Description

[Frederik Vanderstraeten]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; nl-NL; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041027 Firefox/1.0RC1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; nl-NL; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041027 Firefox/1.0RC1

When, in about:config, I want to go quickly to - for example - a setting that
begins with A, and I type A, the first setting with an A is selected (what is
normal). But also the Search Bar is opened. A keystroke can only have 1 effect
in a time IMO?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to about:config
2. Type some character

Actual Results:  
The first setting with that character was selected and the search bar opened.

Expected Results:  
Select the first setting with that character OR open the search bar. In my
opinion the first.

Comment 1

[Gary van der Merwe]

Confirming Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3)
Gecko/20041030 Firefox/1.0RC2


To give a better description of what's happening:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ensure that "Find As You Type" is enabled in Options.
2. Go to about:config
3. Type in "b"
4. small Pause >1sec <3sec (Long enough for about:config find functionality to
resetm, not long enough for the Find Toolbar to disapar)
5. Type in "i"

Actual Results:
@3. "backups.number_of_prefs_copies" is heightlighted.
@5. "image.animation_mode" is heightlighted.

Expected Results: 
@5. "bidi.browser.ui" is heightlighted.

Comment 2

[Frederik Vanderstraeten]

No that's not what I mean... What I mean is:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ensure that "Find As You Type" is enabled in Options.
2. Go to about:config
3. Click on some preference
4. Type in "b"

Actual Results:
"backups.number_of_prefs_copies" is highlighted AND the search bar is opened
searching for b. With other words two things are done by typing a letter.

Expected Results: 
It just highlights "backups.number_of_prefs_copies" and doesn't open that search
bar that's useless in about:config

Comment 3

[Michael Clackler]

this bug is fixed with the patch in bug 264562

Comment 4

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

fixed by 264562