269712 - typed letters in about:blank default to find as you type instead of navigation bar

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect)

Description

[Mitchell Keith Bloch]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

When the default homepage is set to about:blank (or you type about:blank into
the navigation bar), the default action when typing is to search for text in the
page.  As the page is non-existant, this is rediculous.  Instead, it should
allow you to immediately type in a URL for an actual page.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Type "about:blank" into the navigation bar (where URLs go) without the quotes
and hit enter.
2.Begin typing.
Actual Results:  
"Find as you type" takes over rather than letting you type in a URL.  (Hitting
tab will then move you to the navigation bar.)

Expected Results:  
It should immediately move you to the navigation bar to type in a URL, skipping
"find as you type."

Comment 1

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

nice idea, might also serve as a workaroung for bug 264562.

Comment 2

[Michael Clackler]

This bug is fixed with the patch in bug 264562

Comment 3

[Michael Clackler]

Attachment: better patch to fix

Probably a better patch to fix this specific problem.  This patch puts the
focus on the URL Bar after the specific case where the user has typed
"about:blank" in the URL Bar.

With the focus on the URL Bar, the find bar will not open unless the user
changes the focus to the document.

Comment 4

[Ian Macfarlane]

I think this is a dup of bug 264562 (rather than a blocker). Why don't you
submit that patch to that bug and close this bug as a dup?

Comment 5

[Mitchell Keith Bloch]

The improper fast-find activation still takes place 100% of the time when
opening a new tab by double-clicking on the tab-bar and then attempting to type
a URL.

Comment 6

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

fixed by 264562