440821 - when quick search toolbar autodisappears, Firefox window request attention

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 332990

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, defect)

Description

[Paul Pogonyshev]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052912 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052912 Firefox/3.0

When quick search toolbar expires after a few seconds, Firefox window request attention.  I'm not sure about correct technical term, but in GTK+ that'd be gtk_window_present() I think.  I.e. the window flashes in task toolbar and, if WM has low enough focus stealing prevention, is brought on top.

This can be extremely annoying: I often use quick search to find something on an HTML page, switch to another window and start coding, only to be force-switched back to Firefox after some 5 seconds.

I accept annoyance level can be increased by WM, but still Firefox must not request user attention in this case.  Closing quick search toolbar is absolutely not interesting.  Presumably, if I let it expire by not typing for several seconds, I have no need for it anymore.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type a few characters having "Search for text when I start typing" preference on.
2. Switch (e.g. Alt+Tab) to another window without closing quick-search toolbar (no Esc)
3. Wait a few seconds
Actual Results:  
Either Firefox windows starts flashing in task toolbar or, worse yet, you are switched to that window without any request (depends on window manager focus stealing prevention).

Expected Results:  
Firefox should close quick search toolbar without any user-visible effect.  It is not interesting at all and doesn't require attention.