306002 - Search bar should be cleared automatically after a search

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 253331

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[tironsi]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

It is very frustrating to use the search bar, because it always remembers the
last search. Under Unix I select the text I want to search and just paste it in,
but I would have to remember to clear the search bar first and then paste it or
I will lose my new search string. Even under Windows this is annoying as you
still have to clear the search bar. I have never needed to reuse that search
string, and this annoys me to the point of opening a new web page to do the
search. It completely defeats the purpose of having a search bar.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Search for something
2. Search string remains
3.

Actual Results:  
NA

Expected Results:  
Clear search string in search bar after search

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Ain't gonna happen. Bug 275193 is a request for a work-around.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 255404 ***

Comment 2

[tironsi]

It's not a dupe. I mean the web/engine search next to the address bar (I don't
know what it's called, but I use it to search via Google). And I don't want it
cleared automatically after X seconds, but rather as soon as I execute the search.

Comment 3

[Adam Guthrie]

Ah. Found the real dupe. :)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 253331 ***