424646 - form history autocomplete doesn't show work on input fields that are focused too early (e.g. in newly opened tabs)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Toolkit :: Form Manager, defect)

Description

[Heintz]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008030714 Firefox/3.0b4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008030714 Firefox/3.0b4

if i open a bookmark (or the homepage) in a new tab, the form history doesnt pop up in the initially focused input field until i click somewhere else (and back again in that field). 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open bookmark/homepage (google for example) in a new tab
2.click into the already focused input field/press cursor down/or anything else which should open the form history

Actual Results:  
nothing happens

Expected Results:  
form history should pop up

this bug also occours in firefox2 (and i think in 1.5 too) on all of my windows PCs (win2k sp4/winxp sp2); tested in safe mode

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

This works for me with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b5pre) Gecko/2008032223 Minefield/3.0b5pre

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Ok, I can reproduce it now, slight misunderstanding.

Comment 3

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

We use focus events to attach the form fill controller. I guess the google search box doesn't receive a focus event when you just load it normally, since it starts off with focus?

Comment 5

[Hasham]

Take a look at bug 359212. The instructions are a bit easier to understand.

Comment 6

[Hasham]

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061004
Firefox/3.0

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1a1pre)
Gecko/2008062003 Minefield/3.1a1pre

Still a bug in FF3 and 3.1pre

Comment 7

[Dan Nicholson]

Yes, I still see this in FF3 on Windows.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

To consolidate, here's the reproducer steps I wrote in the other bug:

1. Go to http://www.google.com/ and enter something in the search field so you have some form history. You can skip this step if you already have any form history.

2. In the address bar, enter www.google.com and open it in a new tab using Alt+Enter.

3. Try to access form history in the search field. None is offered.

Comment 9

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Regression range for this is
http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsquery.cgi?module=PhoenixTinderbox&date=explicit&mindate=2005-06-15+05%3A00&maxdate=2005-06-16+07%3A00

Phil, could your patch in Bug 264607 have caused this? 

Comment 10

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Nope, that's gotta be bug 292971.

Comment 12

[M.]

Would report it too.

1. Set google to your home page. 
2. Middle click (maybe with you mouse wheel) on you home page button.
3. A new tab will created loading google
4. Form/Search field history won't show last entered search words if you type in anything

Comment 14

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

Also related: bug 418288

Comment 16

[Andrea]

I am having the same issue - adding self to CC list. Thanks!

Comment 19

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field for this bug is relatively low, S3. However, the bug has 7 duplicates.
:serg, could you consider increasing the bug severity?

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Comment 20

[BugBot (nomail) [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The last needinfo from me was triggered in error by recent activity on the bug. I'm clearing the needinfo since this is a very old bug and I don't know if it's still relevant.

Comment 21

[Sergey Galich [:serg]]

Lets reopen when fresh steps to reproduce or an example are available.