498929 - Clicking location bar during Firefox startup highlights text of the home page URL but subsequent typing doesn't do anything

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Trogdor]

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

I have often noticed recently that when I launch Firefox and quickly click in the location bar as it's starting up, the text in the location bar becomes highlighted as usual, but subsequent typing does nothing.

Currently using 3.0.10 with Vista x64.


Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Launch Firefox.
2.  Click in the Location Bar where the text of the default (home page) URL appears.
3.  Sometimes, subsequent typing will do nothing.
Actual Results:  
Typing things (like a new URL) doesn't replace the highlighted text as it is supposed to (and as it normally does).

Expected Results:  
The highlighted text (meaning the entire URL) should be replaced by what I type, as it normally does when using Firefox.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

do you see this problem in version 3.6?

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.10 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.