430502 - Highlight is not always removed when new search begins

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 279022

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect)

Description

[Mahesh Asolkar]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9pre) Gecko/2008042304 Minefield/3.0pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9pre) Gecko/2008042304 Minefield/3.0pre

I noticed that text highlighted from the Find Toolbar is not always un-highlighted (is that even a word?), especially when switching tabs.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a web page with some text (http://st.mahesha.com/bs)
2. Open the 'Find Toolbar' with Ctrl+F
3. Search for a term (Apple)
4. Click on 'Highlight all' button on the Find Toolbar to highlight matching strings
5. Switch to another tab and switch back while the Find Toolbar is still open
6. Change the string in 'Find' text box on the Find Toolbar to another term (Wordpress)
7. Click on 'Highlight all' button on the Find Toolbar to highlight matching strings
8. Optionally, repeat this for more strings
Actual Results:  
Strings searched so far are highlighted all at once

Expected Results:  
Only the last string searched must be highlighted. Highlighting should reset when search string changes.

Clicking the 'Highlight all' button on the Find Toolbar multiple times only toggles the highlighting on the last string searched.

Comment 1

[Mahesh Asolkar]

Attachment: Screenshot demonstrating multiple search strings highlighted

This screenshot is from the steps listed in bug report