Closed Bug 759060 Opened 12 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Cannot go to URL by pasting URL to favicon from PRIMARY buffer by middle-click on about:newtab and about:blank

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INACTIVE

People

(Reporter: ojab, Unassigned)

References

Details

Prior to mozilla-inbound r95066 it was possible to select URL & middle-click on favicon in order to go to URL.
Since r95066 middle click does nothing.
So function is broken by 
changeset:   95066:af889781505c
user:        Jared Wein <jwein@mozilla.com>
date:        Sun May 27 15:29:07 2012 -0700
summary:     Bug 667586 - Clear identity block when typing a different URL into location bar. r=dao,fryn

setting as blocker.
Blocks: 667586
It actually works fine for already opened tab (with URL), but not in New Tab/about:blank.
OK, that makes more sense now. It's because about:newtab and about:blank have pageproxystate=invalid.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: Cannot go to URL by pasting URL to favicon from PRIMARY buffer by middle-click → Cannot go to URL by pasting URL to favicon from PRIMARY buffer by middle-click on about:newtab and about:blank
…and also it doesn't work if you've
1. Open URL
2. Change URL text in location bar without going to another page
3. Middle-click on favicon
Still happens on latest mozilla-inbound.
Still reproducible on latest nightly.
what's the use-case for this functionality that is not covered by middle clicking the go/reload button?
I have no go/reload button on toolbar, for example.
Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → INACTIVE
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