Closed Bug 83148 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Search ignoring/overriding user prefs

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Search, defect)

x86
All
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 82041

People

(Reporter: buginnocent, Assigned: matt)

Details

In Navigator->Internet Search->Default Search Engine I choose "Google" and OK the prefs dialog (at this point I can read prefs.js and SEE that the change was written) Now back in my main browser window I type in "Example" and hit the button labelled Search. It would be reasonable to expect that this would search Google for Example, and for some people it does. For me, (and Fabian too on Win2K, at least sometimes) the result is that a Netscape Search happens. Not only that but now my preference has been changed to "Netscape Search" in the main prefs dialog. Why does Mozilla do that??? Why is it even possible for that to happen? I have confirmed that this still happens with a new profile. I have confirmed that it happens after re-restarting and after re-installing. If you have any good ideas for (a) solving or (b) further testing of this problem I would appreciate it.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
please search for dupes b4 filing bugs. A simple search for search bugs with 'pref' in the summary turned up a short list of which bug 82041 was a member. thank you. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 82041 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
VERIFIED Dupe
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → SeaMonkey
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