Closed Bug 595511 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

If Navigation toolbar hidden, r-click context-menu "Search" uses default engine instead of selected search engine

Categories

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

x86
macOS
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 436265

People

(Reporter: dystopianrebel, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100824 Firefox/3.6.9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100824 Firefox/3.6.9

If Navigation toolbar hidden, r-click context-menu "Search" uses default search engine instead of selected search engine

(Default search engine is determined by setting "browser.search.defaultenginename" in about:config. Default value is "Google".)

In Search toolbar, select a search engine other than the default. 
Browse a page. Highlight a term.
Right-click, then click "Search..."
The context menu shows that the currently selected search engine will be used.

Hide Navigation toolbar.
Browse a page. Highlight a term.
Right-click, then click "Search..."
The context menu shows that the default search engine, not the currently selected search engine, will be used. 


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
In Search toolbar, select a search engine other than the default. 
Browse a page. Highlight a term.
Right-click, then click "Search..."
The context menu shows that the currently selected search engine will be used.

Hide Navigation toolbar.
Browse a page. Highlight a term.
Right-click, then click "Search..."
The context menu shows that the default search engine, not the currently selected search engine, will be used. 

Actual Results:  
Default search engine is used when Search bar is hidden. 

Expected Results:  
The currently selected search engine should be used even though the Search bar is hidden.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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