459899 - Position in history is not preserved after clearing search term.

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[cdiddca]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092816
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092816

Position between search results should be preserved. If new search results contains previously selected entry, then selection should stay same. If not, then selection should jump to nearest neighbor. 

It is for usecase when you don't remember name or address of certain cite, but remember name or address of "history neighbor" of this site.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. History -> Show All History.
2. Enter some search term.
3. Select some history entry from past (not last entry).
4. Erase search term by clicking on "sweep" or with backspace.
Actual Results:  
Selection resets.

Expected Results:  
Selection doesn't change. So it is possible to locate "history neighborhood" of search entry after clearing search filter.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

could make sense, i have some doubt about perf

Comment 2

[morrison_constable]

I see this bug has been classified as trivial, but 9 years to fix a trivial bug? This would be an incredibly helpful change for me also. Please consider implementing what must be a small code change in the next version, please.

Comment 3

[BMO Automation]

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.