623049 - Newly created smart bookmarks do not behave correctly until Firefox is restarted

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 475341

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[J. Rogers]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13

After the user creates a custom smart bookmark using places query syntax (some examples: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3260477), it is shown with the other bookmarks as a bookmark, rather than a folder. If clicked,  "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (place) isn't associated with any program." The smart bookmark behaves normalthe user is alerted by a dialog thatly after the user restarts Firefox.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to "Organize Bookmarks"
2. Create a new bookmark
3. Use places query syntax in the location, such as "place:queryType=0&sort=8&maxResults=10", which duplicates the functionality of the default "Most Visited" smart bookmark)
4. Add the bookmark
5. Optionally, click on/mouse over the bookmark.
6. Restart Firefox.
Actual Results:  
Before restarting Firefox, the bookmark causes the user to see a dialog that "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (place) isn't associated with any program." After restarting Firefox, the bookmark behaves as expected

Expected Results:  
The bookmark should behave like a folder containing zero or more items, depending on the exact query used.

Comment 1

[J. Rogers]

The other way to create Smart Bookmarks folders, described here: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart%20Bookmarks%20folders?s=smart+bookmarks&as=s#w_creating-and-using-new-smart-folders, works normally.

Comment 2

[Xleon]

yeah confirmed, same problem in all 4.0beta's so far.. still can't edit the query(location) of a smart bookmark either.. lets talk about 4.0 actual functionality improvement.