337971 - The location bar stay empty when clickin on a link in another application.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Pierre LEJEUNE]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3

If Firefox is closed, when I click on a link in another application (I have tried Thunderbirda nd MS Word 2003), Firefox shoes the good page but the location bar stay empty. And if I don't close Firefox but want to click on another link (in my bookmarks for example), it' empty too.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Find a link in another application (a link in a mail for example)
2. Click on it
3. 

Actual Results:  
Firefox's location bar stays empty but the page is displayed.

Expected Results:  
Firefix have to display the URL of the page in le location bar.

Dernière mise à jour: Mon, 15 May 2006 09:16:57 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
Extensions (activées: 28, désactivées: 0):

    * Adblock Plus 0.5.11.3
    * Add N Edit Cookies 0.2.1.0
    * Cache Status 0.6.3
    * Card Games 1.0
    * Copy All Urls 0.6.2
    * Fasterfox 1.0.3
    * FireFTP 0.90.1.1
    * FireFoxMenuButtons 1.4.5
    * Gmail Space 0.3.3
    * InfoLister 0.9c
    * Location Navigator 0.6.2
    * Mass Installer 0.3.1
    * Mines 1.0
    * MiniT+ 20050914
    * MinimizeToTray 0.0.1.2006030906+
    * Options Menu 1.0
    * PageStyle2Tab 0.6.4.4
    * PopupMaster 1.1
    * Print Preview 0.5.1.3
    * Session Manager 0.4.1.1
    * Smart Middle Click 0.3
    * SmoothWheel 0.44.7.20050605
    * Sort Extensions and Themes 3.0.3
    * Tab X 0.9.1
    * Talkback 1.5.0.3
    * Tiny Menu 1.2
    * Update Notifier 0.1.2
    * Uppity 1.4.1

Thèmes (1):

    * Firefox (default) 2.0 [sélectionné]

Plugins (13):

    * Adobe Acrobat
    * Adobe ESD Manager Plugin
    * Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Update 6
    * Microsoft Office 2003
    * Microsoft® DRM
    * Mozilla Default Plug-in
    * QuickTime Plug-in 7.0.4
    * RealPlayer Version Plugin
    * RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
    * Shockwave Flash
    * Shockwave for Director
    * Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library
    * Yahoo Application State Plugin

Comment 1

[Pierre LEJEUNE]

When Firefox is openen by clicking on a link in another application. If I put an URL in the location bar with my keyboard, when I validate it, nothing appened: the pag isn't displayed.

Comment 2

[José Jeria]

This is WFM, the url appears once the page is loaded. Though it does not appers before showing the content. That is bug 254714.

About  your issue, please retest in safe mode
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq#troubeshoot-addons

Comment 3

[Pierre LEJEUNE]

(In reply to comment #2)
> This is WFM, the url appears once the page is loaded. Though it does not appers
> before showing the content. That is bug 254714.
> 
> About  your issue, please retest in safe mode
> http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq#troubeshoot-addons
> 

The URL doesn't appear once the page is loaded. And I can't try the safe mode of Firefox because Firefox is launched by the click in another application, not by the link in the Start Menu.

Comment 4

[José Jeria]

Please start in safe mode, since this is most probably an extension causing this. Simply start firefox in safe mode, then click on a link in thunderbird or whatever external app with a link. You should now see if it works or not, if it works, then it means that an extension is causing this issue.

Comment 5

[Pierre LEJEUNE]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Please start in safe mode, since this is most probably an extension causing
> this. Simply start firefox in safe mode, then click on a link in thunderbird or
> whatever external app with a link. You should now see if it works or not, if it
> works, then it means that an extension is causing this issue.
> 

If I start Firefox before clicking on the link, in safe mode or not, the problem doesn't appear.
To test it, I will install Firefox in a virtual machine and I will test it whitout nothing loaded.

Comment 6

[José Jeria]

Pierre, there is no need for a new installation, simply start Firefox in safe mode. That will start Firefox with no extensions or themes loaded.

Comment 7

[Pierre LEJEUNE]

Is ther a way to always start Firefox in safe mode, even if it is launched by click on a link in a mail?

I have tried to install it in a virtual machine and ré-install all my extensions and there is no problem. Perhaps there is a problem in an extension configuration.