536579 - Selection is collapsed in location bar when i switch tab.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Alice0775 White]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2b6pre) Gecko/20091223 Firefox/3.5.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2b6pre) Gecko/20091223 Firefox/3.5.5

Behavior is different from a previous version.
Open tabs more than two and each contents is without selection.
And selection of the words in the location bar.
Switch tab and switch previous selected tab.

In Firefox3.5.6:
The selection in the location bar is not collapsed.

In Namoroka3.6b6pre & Minefield3.7a1pre:
The selection in the location bar is collapsed.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start Minefield with new profile.
2.Open Two tabs (ex. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/central/ and  
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/central/ )
3.Input any words in the serchbar and select it.
4.Switch tab by cliking tab or Ctrl+Tab.
5.Switch  previous selected  tab by cliking tab or Ctrl+Tab.


Actual Results:  
The selection in the location bar is collapsed.

Expected Results:  
The selection in the location bar should not be collapsed.

Regression range:
Works:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/90d3e6d2cbb9
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090610 Namoroka/3.6a1pre ID:20090610042525


Broken:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/4430cae50dad
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090611 Namoroka/3.6a1pre ID:20090611044033

Pushlog;
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=90d3e6d2cbb9&tochange=4430cae50dad

This issue happens also on
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2b6pre) Gecko/20091223
Namoroka/3.6b6pre ID:20091223052417

Comment 1

[Alice0775 White]

Sorry.
Step 3 should be
3.Input any words in the LOCATION bar and select it.

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Shouldn't that be the same as bug 536576?

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug has had the CLOSEME tag for several weeks and the date in the tag is
far gone. If the reporter can still see this issue, Please retest with Firefox
3.6.x or later and a new profile
(http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Then please remove the
closeme tag in the whiteboard, mark the bug against the proper version and
comment on the bug.