575273 - Cannot type in adressbar after session restore

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; nl; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; nl; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)

After starting up the browser with restore last session enabled, I cannot type in the adressbar or the Googlebar. To fix this I have to minimize and restore the window. Then it works again.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable session restore. 
2. Open a number of websites in tabs (mine has 9 now)
3. close the browser.
4. Start up the browser
5. open a new tab
6. type in an url in the adressbar ---- dont work
7. minimize the window
8. restore the window
9. type in an url in the adressbar - works!
Actual Results:  
In the adress bar and google bar there is inverted text. Everything typed over it is ignored.

Expected Results:  
accept an url or search argument the first time

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak] (Away Apr 25 - May 5)]

Firefox 4 has a better handling of session restore, so you could give it a try and report back if it's any better in your case.

Comment 2

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Reporter -> Are you still experiencing this issue with the latest version of Firefox 3.6.16? Does the issue occur with Firefox 4? Does the issue occur with the latest nightly? http://nightly.mozilla.org/

Comment 3

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Closing bug as Incomplete - if you are still experiencing this issue or have more information to provide feel free to post back here and we can re-open the bug. You can also get assistance by visiting the Firefox help site -> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question