Closed Bug 923835 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Address bar autocompletion overwrites X11 primary selection after bug 850364 landed.

Categories

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Untriaged
Version:
27 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 924069

People

(Reporter: jld, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: regression)

Example use case: I open a new tab and type "bz ", then middle-click to paste a bug number I selected in another window, to look up the bug with a parameterized bookmark I created. However, after the "b" is typed, autocompletion appends "uildbot.rust-lang.org/" and selects that text so that further typing will replace it. Before the patch for bug 850364, the X11 primary selection remained unchanged by the autocomplete, so everything worked. After 850364, the selection is replaced by the "uildbot.rust-lang.org/", so I wind up pasting that instead of the bug number (and getting an error message, and having to go back to re-copy the bug number, and generally having a less than ideal user experience). Alternate example: selecting a URL, going to Facebook to share it, and winding up pasting "acebook.com/" into the status instead because of the autocomplete for "f".
Yep. This is happening to me too. I run Fedora 19 with GNOME are provided by the distro.
Keywords: regression
Drexler, do you know what part of your patch in bug 850364 may have caused this?
Blocks: 850364
status-firefox26: --- → unaffected
status-firefox27: --- → affected
status-firefox28: --- → affected
tracking-firefox27: --- → ?
tracking-firefox28: --- → ?
Flags: needinfo?(andrew.quartey)
Version: Trunk → 27 Branch
This is a duplicate bug; Bug 924069 addresses the issue.
Flags: needinfo?(andrew.quartey)
Confirmed: fixed on m-c. Thanks!
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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