414506 - stationary cursor selects an autocomplete entry while typing into address bar

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 408723

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[MSD]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre) Gecko/2008012804 Minefield/3.0b3pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre) Gecko/2008012804 Minefield/3.0b3pre

When typing a url into the address bar, if the mouse cursor happens to be below the bar, where the autocomplete options pop up, no matter what you type, when you press enter, you will be taken to whatever entry the cursor was over, not what was typed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a new tab, place the cursor somewhere a medium distance underneath the address bar.
2. Press ctrl-L to make sure the address bar has focus, begin typing the url for a page you visit frequently (eg. I typed "slashdot.org")
3. Press enter.
Actual Results:  
I was taken to "http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/28/1517254", which was one of the entries in the autocomplete list.

Expected Results:  
I typed "slashdot.org" and pressed enter, without ever moving the mouse.  I should have been taken to the home page rather than the other page, unless I used the arrow keys or the mouse to explicitly select one of the autocomplete options.

This happens for any site I visit frequently, or whenever the autocomplete list pops up.  It's serious enough to completely hamper the ability to use firefox via keyboard, not to mention making things really frustrating.

Comment 2

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified dup