647331 - Don't use Temporary Internet Files as the default upload file picker directory

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Widget: Win32, defect)

Description

[Janni K.]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0

Since Windows XP, you can enter URLs in any file open dialog. The open dialog then downloads the URL to a subfolder of Temporary Internet Files and tells the host application the path to the downloaded file.
Firefox 4 now sets the default upload directory to the subfolder of Temporary Internet Files the file was automatically downloaded to. This means the next time you upload a file, the open dialog shows some of your Temporary Internet Files. Older versions of Firefox do not change the default upload directory if a file is in Temporary Internet Files.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Find some site to upload a file.
2. Click Browse.
3. Enter some URL.
4. Open the site again by clicking in the adress bar and pressing enter (don't use reload, because the file is still selected and any version of Firefox would show its folder)
5. Click Browse.
Actual Results:  
Firefox 4 shows some subfolder of Temporary Internet Files.

Expected Results:  
Firefox 3 shows the directory used for your last non-URL upload.

Might be related to this: http://support.mozilla.com/de/questions/800149

Comment 1

[(mostly gone) XtC4UaLL [:xtc4uall]]

IF you want to, you can search for a Regression Range:
http://harthur.github.com/mozregression/

Comment 2

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

Attachment: Test case which does not reproduce the problem for me

Comment 3

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

For me the open file dialog will default to the directory that contained the last opened file, even across Firefox page loads (via click address bar and enter) and even across Firefox program restarts.  I think that is expected behaviour. 

From your step 4 it seems you do not get these same results.  Could you provide more info on how to reproduce?  I attached an example of the test case I used.

Comment 4

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

Going to close this as RESOLVED/WORKSFORME since I think the behaviour described in Comment 3 is by design.

If anyone disagrees please feel free to re-open.