Closed Bug 1652293 Opened 4 years ago Closed 4 years ago

Addons that changes default newtab no longer focuses on address bar by default

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P2)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Platform:
Desktop
All
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1596738

People

(Reporter: jonalmeida, Unassigned)

Details

Steps To Reproduce

  1. Install Tabby Cat addon (last updated 3 years ago, Sep 6, 2017) which changes the default newtab to cats.
  2. Open a new tab with the keyboard shortcut or the + icon.

Expected Results

  • A new tab is opened with the cursor focused on the address bar to type.

Actual Results

  • A new tab is opened and the focus is lost. This seemed to work fine a week or two ago.

Device Information

Firefox Nightly, 80.0a1 (2020-07-11) (64-bit)
Mac OS, 10.15.5 (19F101)

I confirm this. I have the same problem.

I use New Tab Tools addon:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/

Windows 10 64-bit.
Latest Firefox Nightly.

Same problem, different tab page. I'm using the nightTab extension.

Windows 10 64-bit, Firefox Nightly 80.0a1

Severity: -- → S3
Keywords: regression, regressionwindow-wanted
Priority: -- → P2
OS: macOS → All

Presumably this has the same cause as Bug 1651372, i.e. Bug 1599579.

(In reply to Asteaguinity from comment #3)

Presumably this has the same cause as Bug 1651372, i.e. Bug 1599579.

It looks like bug 1599579 was related to Fission work, so I tested and was able to reproduce the issue with fission.autostart set to false (if that would be considered an applicable).

I'll leave it to someone more knowledgeable to close this as a duplicate.

NI kashav that might know.

Flags: needinfo?(kmadan)

(In reply to Jonathan Almeida [:jonalmeida] from comment #4)

It looks like bug 1599579 was related to Fission work, so I tested and was able to reproduce the issue with fission.autostart set to false (if that would be considered an applicable).

Some context for clarification: bug 1599579 changed how we load moz-extension:// urls (regardless of if fission is enabled or not). This means that navigating to a moz-extension newtab will now result in a remoteness update, and part of this process is focusing the browser's content area. This is causing us to steal focus away from the urlbar.

This is also the reason for a similar fission navigation focus bug, which will be fixed in bug 1596738.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(kmadan)
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Keywords: regression
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