601780 - Progress bar at bottom of URL bar is inconsistent, after switching tabs

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 597421

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
 1. Load URL (a mxr string-search for "about:memory", which takes a little while to load for some reason)
 2. Note progress bar completion on Location Bar.
     --> It's at about 50% for me.
 3. Switch tabs.  Note progress bar completion on top of the original tab.
     --> It's at about 50% for me.
 4. Switch back to your original tab. Look at location bar again.

EXPECTED RESULTS: Progress bar should still be (at least) at 50%, to match its completion before we switched away, and to match its completion on the tab-header.

ACTUAL RESULTS: Progress bar in URL bar looks like it's barely started, when I return to the tab. It looks like it's maybe at 5%.

Comment 1

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

Attachment: screencast of bug

Here's a screencast. Note that when I load the testcase, the progress bar quickly goes to ~50%.  Then when I switch tabs, it moves to the top of my tab, and it's still at 50%.  Then when I go back to the first tab, it jumps back to the progress bar, but shows virtually no progress at all for some reason.

Comment 2

[:Margaret Leibovic]

There's a patch that will fix this :)

Comment 3

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

Yay, thanks!