Closed Bug 1792537 Opened 2 years ago Closed 2 years ago

Search in address bar cannot be fully disabled

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Version:
Firefox 102
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1489853

People

(Reporter: klar, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 1 open bug)

Details

(Keywords: privacy)

Steps to reproduce:

We use a policies.json file in Firefox ESR 102.3 on desktop OS containing:

[...]
"Preferences": {
"ui.key.menuAccessKeyFocuses": false,
"browser.fixup.alternate.enabled": false,
"browser.urlbar.suggest.searches": false,
"keyword.enabled": false,
[...]
"SearchBar": "separate",
"SearchSuggestEnabled": false,
[...]

so our users can only enter valid URLs via address bar and search via search bar.
We encounter a bug when we set the focus to the address bar.

Actual results:

  1. The displayed text in the address bar says "search with XY or enter address".

  2. If you hit enter after typing "https:/", "https://", "http:/" or "http://" Firefox sends the string to the default search engine.

Expected results:

  1. The text inside the address bar could say "enter address" when its focused since the policies disable search functionality.

  2. Nothing should ever be forwarded to the search engine.

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Component: Untriaged → Address Bar

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(In reply to klar from comment #0)

  1. The displayed text in the address bar says "search with XY or enter address".

This is a duplicate of bug 1579458

  1. If you hit enter after typing "https:/", "https://", "http:/" or "http://" Firefox sends the string to the default search engine.

This is indeed wrong, it happens for protocols, so the privacy impact should be limited. We have a couple similar bugs: Bug 1489853, Bug 1591175
These likely all have a similar underlying cause.

Severity: -- → S3
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Depends on: 1579458
Ever confirmed: true
Flags: needinfo?(adw)
Keywords: privacy
Priority: -- → P3
See Also: → https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489853, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1591175
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 2 years ago
Duplicate of bug: 1489853
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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