645595 - right-click menu lacks "Go To" option and instead offers a Search option

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[Nick]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0

when browsing the web, I often come across a URL address on a webpage that is NOT a link (for example, the address is spelled out http://bugzilla.mozilla.org) but is not underlined and hence clicking it will not act as a link. If I highlight the address and right-click I am given an option to "Search Google for 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org'"

Why am I not given the option "Go To 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org'"?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. navigate to:  http://maketecheasier.com/28-coolest-firefox-aboutconfig-tricks/2008/08/21
2.Ctrl + F to find:  http://sam.vilain.net/ samv
3. highlight "http://sam.vilain.net/ samv" and right-click
4. observe how there is no "Go To 'http://sam.vilain.net/ samv'" option
Actual Results:  
Search Google for "http://sam.vilain.net/ samv"

Expected Results:  
Go To "http://sam.vilain.net/ samv"

offered a "Go To" option

Comment 1

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

I don't see any not linkified URL on that page. Also this should have been implemented for Firefox 4. See bug 454518.

Can you please give a better example?

Comment 2

[Nick]

I can no longer find the link on the page I previously provided you. Sorry! Please perform the following for (hopefully) a clear illustration of what I'm reporting:

1.) go to: https://ssl.scroogle.org/
2.) search for "wikipedia"
3.) the first result looks like so:
           1. Wikipedia
                   "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. . . .
                   www.wikipedia.org/

4.) triple-click "www.wikipedia.org/" (or just highlight with the mouse).
5.) right-click the highlighted text and observe how there is no "Go To" option in the drop-down menu. there is only a "Search For" option. A "Go To" option would take you directly to the web page. A "Search For" option takes you to a search engine's results page. Please see attached image for further clarification of the right-click menu only displaying a "Search For" option. (Take note: there is no "Go To" option on MS Windows either).

Comment 3

[Nick]

Attachment: screenshot of the right-click menu showing only a "Search For" option and not a "Go To" option

Comment 4

[Jo Hermans]

Look higher. It's called Open Link. There's even a Open Link in New Tab and New Window.

In Firefox 4.0 it doesn't only work on real links, but also on every word-combination that looks like a URL. "wikipedia" doesn't work, but "www.wikipedia.org" or "http://www.wikipedia.org" does.

Comment 5

[Nick]

Thank you so much for pointing this out to me. I'm real sorry to have taken your time.