493533 - search in address bar does not work when started with a number.

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[andykillen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 GTB5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 GTB5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

When typing in directly into the address bar the following search terms, 100% halal gijs kerbosch, Firfox does not make any attempt to goto google to search.  No search results are returned and the browser does not make any activitiy at all.

I expect it is becase it starts with a number which would make it similar to an ip address.  

enjoy. :)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. put this text in search bar (with out quotes) "100% halal gijs kerbosch"
2. press enter
3. watch what happens....nothing, not even a blip on the radar screen
Actual Results:  
No movement of browser to access google or change the current page

Expected Results:  
Should load google search with the details I am looking for "100% halal gijs kerbosch"  
i.e. 
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGGL_en-GB___NL320&hs=0R1&q=100%25+halal+gijs+kerbosch&btnG=Search

Comment 1

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Reporter, this works for me with WinXP. Could you please try to run Firefox in Safe Mode (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode) and check if it still happens? Do you see any errors in the Error Console which can be found under the tools menu?

Comment 2

[andykillen]

Ok, tried in safe mode, same issue.  error from error console is as follows

Error: malformed URI sequence
Source File: chrome://google-toolbar-lib/content/toolbar.js
Line: 997

yep, I do have vista home premium.

Comment 3

[andykillen]

Noticed that my original description of how to create fault is not clear.  my appologies.  

point 1 should read.
1. put this text in address bar (with out quotes) "100% halal gijs kerbosch"

the important bit being that this entering the search terms straight into the address area, not into the search box.

Comment 4

[Ryan Flint [:rflint] (ping via IRC for reviews)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Error: malformed URI sequence
> Source File: chrome://google-toolbar-lib/content/toolbar.js
> Line: 997

Your problem is being caused by Google's toolbar. See http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/request.py?contact_type=problem to report the problem to Google or http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=15362 to uninstall it.

Comment 5

[andykillen]

Sorry all, will report to the right place.  I was under the mis-understanding that it was part of Firefox to be able to search straight through the address bar using google.  Now I understand that it's not the case.  thanks again, sorry to give ya the wrong bug. Andy

Comment 6

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Andy, that's not a problem. Sounds good that we have figured out your issue and you know why it happens now. Thanks for your report anyway! Marking as verified.

Comment 7

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

(In reply to comment #5)
> I was under the mis-understanding that it was part of Firefox to be able to
> search straight through the address bar using google.  Now I understand that
> it's not the case.

That is the case, but your comment 2 implies that you're not using the built-in functionality, but rather the Google Toolbar addon. If you'd rather use the built in location bar, you can reset your Toolbars to the default setting using View->Toolbars->Customize... and then clicking "restore default set".

Comment 8

[andykillen]

Thanks, I gave that a crack with Google Tool Bar still installed, but even after a restart it still tries to use the google scripts. 

Error: malformed URI sequence
Source File: chrome://google-toolbar-lib/content/toolbar.js
Line: 997

same error.  I expect I will just remove the toolbar from google.  Thanks again for the pointers.