268336 - Attempts to go to incomplete URL when typing text and clicking on URL dropdown entry

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 258438

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[howardwan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2

Typing an previously visited URL into the location bar and clicking on the
dropdown entry causes Firefox to attempt to search for/go to the incomplete URL.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click the location bar to select it.
2. Position cursor underneath the bar.
3. Type a previously visited URL (eg. "mozil")
4. Without moving the mouse, click on the URL that appears. (eg.
"http://www.mozillazine.org")
Actual Results:  
The browser attempts to search for "mozil" and redirects me to
http://www.bebits.com/app/2715.

Expected Results:  
Send me to the URL I clicked on, "http://www.mozillazine.org".

This is an EXTREMELY irritating problem for me and occurs very often.  Despite
several bug reports already submitted, it has not been fixed.  It would be
disappointing if it is not fixed before the 1.0 release.

Comment 1

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 168623 ***

Comment 2

[howardwan]

(In reply to comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 168623 ***

Perhaps, but what about actually fixing the bug?  I know very little about this
whole Buzilla process, so pardon my ignorance, but Bug 168623 HAS been submitted
in 2002 and nothing seems to be fixed since then.  The Firefox 1.0 release date
is fast approaching.

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 258438 ***