Firefox/Search

Firefox Desktop Search and Navigation Team

The purpose of this team is to maintain, improve and innovate on the functions of the Firefox frontend around search and navigation. Firefox surface areas that the team often works with are the location bar, the search bar, the library and related preference panes.

Members

• Marco Bonardo (:mak)
• Drew Wilcoxon (:adw)
• Florian Queze (:florian)
• Mark Banner (Standard8)
• K Lars Lohn (:lars)
• Paolo Amadini (:paolo)
• Javaun Moradi (:javaun)
• Shilpi Gupta (:shilpi)
• Panos Astithas (:past)

Contact

Team Meeting

Day of week	Pacific Time	Eastern Time	UTC	Central European Time
Mondays	10:00AM - 10:30AM	1:00PM - 1:30PM	6:00PM - 6:30PM	7:00PM - 7:30PM

• Frequency: One meeting per week on Monday.
• Duration: 30 min
• Vidyo Room: searchmeeting
• IRC: #fx-search, #fx-team
• Mailing list: firefox-dev

Bugzilla

Bugzilla components don't tend to align properly with project boundaries, so this team is monitoring bugs across a number of components that contain the whiteboard tag [fxsearch]. Common components of interest are Firefox:Location bar, Firefox:Search, Toolkit:Places and more.

Selecting a New Bug for the Current Release

1. Select any 'P1' bug which is currently unassigned and not blocked on a dependency. If no 'P1' bugs are available then select from the available 'P2' bugs, and so on.
2. Add the following if not already present:

• [fxsearch] whiteboard tag.
• QE verification flag.

Adding a New Bug to the Backlog

1. Add the [fxsearch] whiteboard tag.
2. Set the bug as a dependency of a user story bug or a meta bug if applicable.
3. The bug priority will be set during the Weekly Meeting:

• 'P1': Must Have - development occurring in the current release.
• 'P2': Should Have - targeted for next release.
• 'P3': Could Have - planned for development in an upcoming release.
• 'P5': Will Have - not scheduled for any particular release, patches accepted.

Submitting a Bug for Triage

1. Add the [fxsearch] whiteboard tag.
2. Leave the priority field empty (--).

Triage
Collection of work waiting for the team to review and determine if it should be included in the Product Backlog - View in Bugzilla ID Summary Status Whiteboard Keywords Assigned to 0 Total; 0 Open (0%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);

Releases

Current Release

P1: Must Have - development occurring in the current release - View in Bugzilla Duration: Tuesday June 13 - Monday August 7 ID Summary Status Whiteboard Keywords Assigned to 1071513 Enable async PlacesTransactions in Nightly NEW [qf:meta][fxsearch] perf 1094812 Use Bookmarks.jsm in the Star UI and PlacesCommandHook ASSIGNED [reserve-photon-performance] [qf:p2][fxsearch] perf Mark Banner (:standard8) 1094818 Use Bookmarks.jsm in controller and UI views ASSIGNED [reserve-photon-performance] [qf:p2][fxsearch] perf Marco Bonardo [::mak] 1095425 Convert PlacesTransactions to the new Bookmarks.jsm API NEW [qf:p2][fxsearch] perf 1095427 Convert BookmarkHTMLUtils code to the new Bookmarks.jsm API ASSIGNED [reserve-photon-performance][qf:p3][fxsearch] perf Josh Aas 1119282 Fix places-related mochitests in browser/ for async-transactions NEW [fxsearch] Mark Banner (:standard8) 1308343 Intermittent browser/modules/test/browser/browser_ContentSearch.js | Test timed out - REOPENED [fxsearch][stockwell disabled] intermittent-failure, leave-open Mark Banner (:standard8) 1320301 Add partial support to sqlite3_interrupt NEW [fxsearch] [qf-] perf 1337409 Add more favicons telemetry NEW [fxsearch] 1347532 Refactor frontend code to pass a size ref to page-icon protocol ASSIGNED [fxsearch] Marco Bonardo [::mak] 1348275 speculatively connect to web server(s) on autocomplete when typing in awesomebar ASSIGNED [reserve-photon-performance] [fxsearch] perf Evelyn Hung [:evelyn] 1356271 add a test to measure how many layout flushes it takes for a simple location bar search ASSIGNED [photon-performance] [fxsearch] Mike Conley (:mconley) 1356812 Crash in mozilla::places::Database::ForceCrashAndReplaceDatabase ASSIGNED [clouseau][tbird crash][fxsearch] crash Marco Bonardo [::mak] 1359899 Add a pref to toggle the order of history vs. search suggestions ASSIGNED [fxsearch] Marco Bonardo [::mak] 1366625 Selecting a suggested item should update the search bar NEW [fxsearch] regression 1369012 Don't show the one-off buttons if the only visible engine would be the current one NEW [fxsearch] 1371294 Add some tests for the follow-on search add-on in mozilla-central ASSIGNED [fxsearch] Mark Banner (:standard8) 1371611 UnifiedComplete::LoadPrefs is slow NEW [fxsearch] perf 1371677 Delay the database connection in the history service as far as possible ASSIGNED [fxsearch] perf Marco Bonardo [::mak] 1371679 Use skipDescendantsOnItemRemoval in nsNavHistoryResult NEW [fxsearch] perf 1372307 At 100% user activation, re-ship follow on search count addon to 54 via GoFaster NEW [go-faster-system-addon][fxsearch] shgupta@mozilla.com 1372536 The search suggestions hint is not displayed 4 time if the window is unfocused NEW [fxsearch] 1373549 Re-enable browser_BrowserUITelemetry tests on non-e10s NEW [fxsearch] 1374800 Favicons Flickering in UI NEW [fxsearch] 1375896 Export Database::MaxUrlLength() to the JS modules NEW [fxsearch] 1376149 Regression: poor performance when deleting an item from history NEW [fxsearch] regression 1376531 When enabling places transactions, cannot update bookmarks names, and pasting fails NEW [fxsearch] Mark Banner (:standard8) 27 Total; 27 Open (100%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);

Current Release: Completed

View in Bugzilla ID Summary Status Whiteboard Keywords Assigned to Priority 1107364 move findNodeByDetails to treeView.js and make it use an hash RESOLVED [lang=js][fxsearch][qf:investigate:p1] perf Milind L (:milindl) P2 1263378 Intermittent browser_bug461710.js | leaked 2 window(s) until shutdown [url = chrome://browser/content/browser.xul][url = about:blank] RESOLVED [stockwell needswork][fxsearch] intermittent-failure, mlk Marco Bonardo [::mak] P1 1320230 Intermittent browser/components/search/test/browser_searchbar_smallpanel_keyboard_navigation.js | Test timed out - RESOLVED [stockwell fixed:timing][fxsearch] intermittent-failure Mark Banner (:standard8) P1 1355561 Add a new API to spinningly close the database when strictly needed, and ensure Close() does what it's named after RESOLVED [fxsearch] Marco Bonardo [::mak] P1 1361195 Regression from bug 1358382 - Missing separators and mispositioned search engines tiles on the searchbar bar if DPI > 100% RESOLVED [fxsearch] regression Florian Quèze [:florian] [:flo] P1 1371198 Enable telemetry within the follow-on search system add-on RESOLVED [fxsearch] Mark Banner (:standard8) P1 1371945 Possible statement finalization crash on shutdown RESOLVED [fxsearch] Marco Bonardo [::mak] P1 1372242 The search suggestions hint is not smooth enough when animating VERIFIED [fxsearch] :Paolo Amadini P3 1372496 PlacesUtils.bookmarks.eraseEverything is very slow RESOLVED [fxsearch] perf Mark Banner (:standard8) P1 1375217 Avoid raw pointers in mozStorageAsyncStatementExecution.cpp RESOLVED [fxsearch] Marco Bonardo [::mak] P1 10 Total; 0 Open (0%); 9 Resolved (90%); 1 Verified (10%);

Next Release

P2: Should Have - targeted for the current release if production capacity exists - View in Bugzilla ID Summary Status Whiteboard Keywords Assigned to 237027 Inconsistent "open in new tab" shortcuts (Ctrl+Enter for links, but Alt+Enter in address bar and search bar) REOPENED ui-polish,[fxsearch] uiwanted, ux-consistency 843357 Evaluate dropping "www." from rev_host column NEW [fxsearch] perf 1106064 [UX] Figure out a way to use search suggestions with one-click buttons NEW [ui][fxsearch] 1124238 keywords don't have anymore priority over autofill ASSIGNED [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] regression Julian Viereck 1154835 whitespace should be stripped out of search engine names NEW [hijacking][fxsearch] 1163959 Percent decoding in URL bar transforms valid URLs into different valid URLs NEW [fxsearch] 1198225 Australis popup menus and Location bar/Search bar suggestions have wrong position after switching to fullscreen (F11) and back OR pressing F10 to show and hide Menu bar NEW [fxsearch] 1221539 Add search engines discovery to the location bar NEW [consistency][fxsearch] uiwanted 1226613 Search plugins with a name that's very similar to the name of plugins we ship shouldn't get installed NEW [hijacking][fxsearch] 1228111 First suggestion doesn't match the action when I'm searching for [space][keyword][space][search term] NEW [fxsearch][unifiedcomplete] regression 1239708 Improve the autofill decisions algorithms NEW [fxsearch][unifiedcomplete] 1264988 Scrollbar appears for a moment in the new Awesomebar Resultlist NEW [fxsearch] [photon-performance] 1268986 AOL Partner Search says "AOL Search Search" NEW [partner search] [fxsearch] 1269480 For a new profile, second character is lost when typing into the URL bar NEW [fxsearch] 1283801 Half of the icons are hidden in the search results ASSIGNED [fxsearch] Drew Willcoxon :adw 1291927 Previous search results in Location Bar are not cleared until next search NEW [fxsearch] regression 1292349 awesome bar alignment issues NEW [fxsearch] 1292520 Text typed in the location bar gets lost after closing the autocomplete popup with ESC and switching tabs NEW [fxsearch] regression 1293046 Pressing Delete in search bar to delete text selected with keyboard can remove history entries instead of deleting text NEW [fxsearch] 1293938 Search bar popup displays clock icons incorrectly if the search history has more than 7 candidates NEW [fxsearch] 1295718 Don't close the urlbar popup when pressing left/right arrow keys NEW [fxsearch] 1296006 Search [telemetry]: Log invocation of bookmark from Awesome Bar NEW [fxsearch] 1296013 Search [telemetry]: Log usage of one-click search buttons in Search field NEW [fxsearch] 1299126 [linux] location bar (awesomebar) results popup is transparent on some gtk themes, making results impossible to read UNCONFIRMED [fxsearch] regression 1299691 Fix direction of ac-title-text and searchbar-oneoffheader-searchtext in RTL locales NEW [fxsearch] 1299777 Awesomebar result items url font size too small NEW [fxsearch] regression 1309047 Identity icon isn't properly updated for the initially selected heuristic result NEW [fxsearch] 1311013 One-off searches from about:home are not counted in UITelemetry NEW [fxsearch] 1311292 If a one-off has focus, clicking a result/sugestion results in a search that is always made with default engine even if the "Search with.." says differently NEW [fxsearch] 1311640 [One-off searches] While a one-off has focus, pressing ENTER on a bookmark/history URL from results behaves differently than pressing ENTER on a "Switch to tab" URL NEW [fxsearch] 1313188 Multiple bookmark keywords for same (uri, postData) pair possible ASSIGNED [fxsearch] Marco Bonardo [::mak] 1319727 Large places.sqlite causes huge delay when visiting unknown page from urlbar NEW [fxsearch] perf 1330343 Anything visited from the locationbar is marked as "typed" NEW [fxsearch] 1334019 leading question mark being passed to search engine NEW [fxsearch] regression 1334629 Add a more elaborate probe for the search suggestion NEW [fxsearch] 1334633 Record the engine position in the list when a one-off button is clicked NEW [fxsearch] 1337397 Add mask-icon and average color support to favicons NEW [fxsearch] 1339390 Investigate Bookmarks::Reorder behavior with several thousands bookmarks ASSIGNED [fxsearch] perf Marco Bonardo [::mak] 1340663 Figure out requirements to release top websites completion in the awesomebar NEW [fxsearch] 1345133 Pressing ":" on an autofilled domain should directly move to editing the port number NEW [fxsearch] 1346554 Use PRAGMA incremental_vacuum on favicons.sqlite NEW [fxsearch] 1350535 Location bar suggestions offset when in full screen NEW [fxsearch] 1352057 Add test for icons in the locationbar NEW [fxsearch] 1354248 Allow content to use page-icon protocol NEW [fxsearch] 1354268 Ability to localize the list of top sites pre-populated in the Awesome Bar NEW [fxsearch] 1356758 Intermittent browser/modules/test/browser/browser_UsageTelemetry_urlbar.js | Test timed out - NEW [stockwell disabled][fxsearch] intermittent-failure, leave-open 1357533 Moused-over urlbar results should turn gray only after you move the mouse ASSIGNED [fxsearch] Drew Willcoxon :adw 1358677 One-off hover/mouseover borders should be full-height NEW [fxsearch] 1360158 Bookmarked favicons blinking on next bookmarks visit after landing patches from bug #977177 NEW [fxsearch] nightly-community, polish, regression, reproducible, ux-consistency 1360188 Navigating using Left/Right keys through the one-off buttons is not possible in about:home and about:newtab NEW [fxsearch] 1360208 Mouse hovering is not gray in the search panel of the about:home and about:newtab pages NEW [fxsearch] 1360227 Last entered term in the location bar is seen in the one-offs bar NEW [fxsearch] 1360769 Add test for ctrl/accel/shift-clicking results in the urlbar NEW [fxsearch] 1363570 One-off search buttons: Alt-Up/Down isn't working on Linux NEW [fxsearch] 1370000 Clicking on a one-off search button should open the search engine page even with an empty field NEW [fxsearch] 1371610 Delay getting the search component service until the first StartSearch NEW [fxsearch] 1376533 Use idleDispatch for Places expiration NEW [fxsearch] 1376535 use idleDispatch fo frecency decay NEW [fxsearch] 58 Total; 58 Open (100%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);

Backlog

P3: Could Have - planned for development in an upcoming release - View in Bugzilla ID Summary Status Whiteboard Keywords Assigned to 246237 Ctrl+Backspace in the address bar is incorrectly handled when browser.urlbar.autofill is true NEW [fxsearch] 274432 When dragging text to search bar, mouse over search engine should show list of search engines, and allow dropping text onto one to search that engine NEW [fxsearch] 308483 clear search history option can be misleading, because it also doesn't clear history NEW [fxsearch] privacy, uiwanted 335448 Autodetect repeated use of a search field, and ask the user if they want that engine added to the browser search box NEW [gsoc][fxsearch] 336208 no way to specify queryCharset (encoding) when using addEngineWithDetails method (nsIBrowserSearchService) NEW [fxsearch] 341833 Engine metadata should be removed when a profile search plugin is removed ASSIGNED [fxsearch] privacy 342913 Tracking: Add full-text indexing to bookmark and/or history searches NEW [parity-chrome][fxsearch] meta 344381 browser.search.openintab should use blank tab NEW [fxsearch] Dão Gottwald [::dao] 346001 Should nsSearchService's loadListener implement nsIAuthPrompt? NEW [fxsearch] 348142 Escape key has different behavior between Address Bar and Search Bar NEW [fxsearch] 350079 esc does nothing in search box NEW [fxsearch] regression 359752 changing search engines while the autocomplete popup is visible (e.g. using Ctrl+Up/Down) doesn't clear Suggest entries NEW [fxsearch] 360270 Add OpenSearch Referrer Extension support NEW [fxsearch] 361923 Can't use remote search engine icons larger than 10KB NEW [fxsearch] ux-error-recovery, ux-implementation-level 367882 use current page's favicon rather than domain's favicon.ico for "Add engine" menu item NEW [fxsearch] 386205 Automatically resolve conflicts between existing user aliases and shipped/added ones NEW [fxsearch] 387070 Consider adding aliases/keywords to default/shipped search engines NEW [fxsearch]parity-opera parity-chrome 404201 add comment to nsBrowserSearchService.idl stating that the parameters for addParam should already be uri encoded NEW [fxsearch] 417478 Search bar does not recognize an offered search engine if added to the toolbar after a Web page loaded NEW [fxsearch] 435932 Same-document URL changes (e.g. clicking anchor links) don't update the URL bar if its value has been edited NEW [fxsearch] 482229 Always provide the ability to add an engine for a site NEW [fxsearch] 483121 closing the engine manager dialog after multiple changes is slow with many windows open NEW [fxsearch] 519514 Add an asynchronous bookmarking API NEW [polish] [Snappy:p3][fxsearch][qf:meta] dev-doc-needed, meta, perf 555694 autocomplete should not suggest switching to the current tab NEW [switch-to-tab][fxsearch] 615761 window.external.AddSearchProvider loop DoS UNCONFIRMED [fxsearch] csectype-dos, sec-low 648398 Visually unify search and bookmark keywords NEW [fxsearch][UX] 669129 Deleting autocomplete result and hitting Enter should not load the deleted URL NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] 719888 Inline autocomplete: Backspace highlights the last character instead of deleting, when first search result is highlighted NEW [inline-autocomplete:normal][fxsearch] 726232 handle loss of search engine metadata without losing default engine ordering NEW [fxsearch] 734643 Extremely slow deleting from history (seems some O(n^2) algorithm is there) NEW [fxsearch][qf:p3] perf, reproducible 764062 Autofilled suggestions in address bar do not include port numbers NEW [fxsearch] 769557 search.sqlite should be removed from user profile NEW [fxsearch] 776408 inline autocomplete not properly waiting paste delay NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] 842280 Consider accents and umlauts for approximate search NEW [qx][fxsearch] 979280 Replace the synchronous transaction manager in places with an asynchronous one NEW [fxsearch][qf:meta] meta, perf 1042938 Search service should remove extension-installed search plugins when the add-on is uninstalled/blocked/disabled NEW [hijacking][fxsearch] Mike Kaply [:mkaply] 1048237 Ability to remove form history/previous searches from autocomplete/suggestion popups isn't discoverable NEW [fxsearch] 1051082 Store homepage configuration outside of prefs NEW [hijacking][fxsearch] 1064098 Mac OS X: cmd-alt-F and cmd-K do not open a new window when no window is available NEW [fxsearch] 1080682 Use PSL to do a search for foo.bar URL bar entries which aren't known domains, with the same infobar as for single-word searches NEW [fxsearch] 1088703 [UX] Automatically offer custom search for websites that the user visits often NEW [ui][ux][fxsearch] 1104325 [Windows HiDPI] search engines appearing in the incorrect row when resizing NEW [fxsearch][win10] 1104738 The search bar blocks the menu panel's dismissal if a search is performed with it placed there NEW [fxsearch] 1105264 Data from the Search Field is lost when entering Customize Mode NEW [fxsearch] 1105278 Up/Down arrow no longer opens the Search History dropdown after selecting DEL on the first element NEW [fxsearch] 1106042 Placeholder icons for open search providers only show up after reload NEW [ui][fxsearch] 1106569 Search dropdown footer and open search items have an inconsistent styling with the australis panels NEW [fxsearch] leave-open 1106626 Ability to add custom search engines by URL (non open-search and non-amo engines) REOPENED [fxsearch] 1109839 Let the search engine selection work per tab NEW [fxsearch] 1109851 support the "multiple searches in a row with default engine" search case (for shoppers and researchers) NEW [fxsearch] 1113731 Search is performed with a suggestion text on the mouse pointer instead of inputted text if mouse moves over dropdown unintentionally NEW [fxsearch] ux-error-prevention 1114022 Top awesome bar sites don't show as "switch to tab" when using dropdown with no location bar input NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] regression 1115106 use system location APIs for search default determination on Mac/Windows NEW [partnerengine][fxsearch] 1116217 investigate too many SEARCH_SERVICE_COUNTRY_SUCCESS zeroes NEW [fxsearch] 1116383 Better telemetry for geo ip lookup failures NEW [fxsearch] 1119572 Allow using a site's search provider without installing it? NEW [fxsearch] 1121133 keyword-triggered searches not tracked in FHR NEW [fxsearch] 1123293 Sometimes suggestions list is not updated when the default search engine is changed using keyboard NEW [fxsearch] 1123442 Middle-click on a search bar completion or search engine options should respect the browser.tabs.loadInBackground pref NEW [fxsearch] regression 1125793 handle relative icon paths in open search providers NEW [fxsearch] 1133936 Right-click to remove added search engines NEW [qx:spec][fxsearch] 1134242 New search box focuses every search engine between awesome bar and web page NEW [fxsearch] 1135815 Suggestions take 2s to appear after pasting into search field NEW [fxsearch] 1136131 [implement] Provide access to search providers in context menu selection NEW [ui][fxsearch] 1138434 Search bar is ignoring language listed in opensearch definition UNCONFIRMED [fxsearch] 1154300 Search Box searches executed with keyboard take into account mouse position NEW [fxsearch] 1157171 Defer add-on startup until after the user has had chance to read the install confirmation doorhanger NEW [hijacking][fxsearch] 1158042 The Search Bar's UI should have clearer tooltips NEW [fxsearch] 1158067 Add-ons installed from about:addons search list does not follow the New UI Install flow NEW [hijacking][fxsearch] 1172828 Awesomebar suggestions are very slow with a lot of tags NEW [fxsearch] perf 1177895 Restriction tokens not removed from "Search with" default action ASSIGNED [unifiedautocomplete][fxsearch] Drew Willcoxon :adw 1178045 Fix the magnifier/icon situation for keywords in awesomebar results NEW [unifiedautocomplete][fxsearch] polish 1181644 search suggestions in the awesome bar should include local search suggestions like all other access points NEW [partner-search][suggestions][fxsearch][consistency] 1183091 Overridden default search engines are placed at the end of search engine list NEW [hijacking][fxsearch] 1186471 Highlighted result in the Awesomebar-results-pane flickers, when deleting letters from the Location-bar via Delete key NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] 1187638 Searchbar: using "Ctrl + scroll wheel" to change search engine causes flickering of autocomplete popup NEW [fxsearch] 1192169 Search Panel suggestion flickers when the last search term is deleted NEW [fxsearch] papercut, polish 1192362 Search suggestions opt-in/out UI is confusing for the user NEW [fxsearch][searchsuggestions] 1193383 Magnifier glass on about:home / newtab search fields should open the search panel NEW [fxsearch] 1194283 Expand Windows 10 search redirection to POST plugins NEW [fxsearch] addon-compat 1196843 [meta] Context Search NEW [meta][context][fxsearch] Kev Needham [:kev] 1198156 Search bar suggestions cannot be hidden by clicking dropmarker (magnifier icon), if searchbar is placed in Australis menu (≡) NEW [fxsearch]DUPEME 1200113 Intermittent browser_urlbarSearchSuggestionsNotification.js | This test exceeded the timeout threshold. It should be rewritten or split up. If that's not possible, use requestLongerTimeout(N), but only as a last resort. - expected PASS REOPENED [suggestions][fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1205528 Urlbar suggests bookmarked domains even when deactivated NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] 1206974 right-click menu on one-click buttons is missing on about:home/about:newtab NEW [fxsearch] 1210005 Search suggestions notification doesn't appear in urlbar if user has disabled history, bookmarks, open tabs suggestions NEW [fxsearch] 1210012 [User Story] Based on category of information - present info / query results separated by type NEW [context][fxsearch] 1210015 [User Story] Ability to retrieve additional information as a separate page by catagory NEW [context][fxsearch] 1210016 [User Story] able to perform a search from the default search engine directly from the presented information NEW [context][fxsearch] 1210017 [User Story] Able to enable/disable the Context Search feature NEW [context][fxsearch] 1210018 [User Story] able to retrieve information about how Firefox categorized my query, and provide corrections if I feel they are relevant to improve the quality of the results NEW [context][fxsearch] 1210019 [User Story] Able to specify preferred services for some types of information over the defaults NEW [context][fxsearch] 1212397 [meta] Consistency across search points in browser NEW [consistency][fxsearch] 1217869 default "Mozilla Start Page" moves focus away from the address bar NEW [fxsearch] 1226918 New location bar UI takes away the possibility to see and copy the actual url of bookmark if user types keyword in urlbar NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] 1228408 Synced tab device name in the awesome bar should toggle to URL with option-key NEW [fxsearch][unifiedcomplete] 1229685 Search Aliases function only in address bar NEW [consistency][fxsearch] 1235397 Investigate merging the action row with the input field ASSIGNED [fxsearch][unifiedcomplete] Drew Willcoxon :adw 1238287 Searchbar causes 25% CPU consumption and doesn't show suggestions after specific steps (userstory) NEW [fxsearch] investigation perf 1239361 Mouse-over selects from search suggestions on about:home NEW [fxsearch] consistency 1239663 Location bar is not updated when deleting search suggestion entries REOPENED [fxsearch] 1240395 Location bar doesn't display suggestions when I type a symbol after pressing Escape twice NEW [fxsearch] 1241077 Lots of duplicated Bing suggestions when typing something that looks like maths NEW [fxsearch] 1241877 Can't add google to list of search engines after accidentally removing it NEW [fxsearch] 1242764 It's not possible to delete text with (Ctrl+)Del if one of search suggestions was accidentally selected NEW [fxsearch] polish, regression 1242795 Hovering over a one-off button on about:home should show the name of the search engine NEW consistency [fxsearch] 1244420 history dropmarker keep place and cover the content of urlbar while it has disappeared NEW [fxsearch] regression, ux-consistency, ux-implementation-level 1246406 Intermittent browser_urlbarDecode.js | url - "moz-action:visiturl,{\"url\":\"http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F%2520%2522%2C%2520%2522url%2522%3A%2520%2522bar\",\"input\":\"http%3A == "moz-action:visiturl,{\"url\":\"http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F%255C\",\"input\":\ NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1249023 Location bar gets cleared when autocomplete history dropdown is closed NEW [fxsearch] 1251015 Text is incorrectly aligned in urlbar suggestions if they contain a letter from specific charset NEW [fxsearch] 1251073 Urlbar sometimes show different suggestions for the same input string displayed in the urlbar NEW [fxsearch] 1251385 When I switch back to the first suggestion, new urlbar: [1] changes original input (converts to lower case; adds/removes http:// and /) [2] does that inconsistently NEW [fxsearch] 1251568 Escape key cancels page loading if I try to cancel typed string (does 2 actions at the same time) NEW [fxsearch] 1251985 (100% str) It's possible to accidentally get all urlbar suggestions not selected and the 1st suggestion not showing search engine NEW [fxsearch] 1252184 Location bar fails to copy correct url if page haven't started loading properly (e.g. pending) NEW [fxsearch]read comment 2 first regression 1253865 Unresolvable www subdomain unexpectedly redirects to domain without www NEW [fxsearch] 1254415 Firefox changes string and adds http:// and / when I copy non-url string in urlbar to clipboard NEW [fxsearch] regression 1254416 Urlbar doesn't show suggestions if I paste string in urlbar (in some cases) NEW [fxsearch] 1254680 Feature Suggestion: Show search history in Location Bar as search suggestions instead of URL suggestions NEW [fxsearch] 1254970 First urlbar suggestion shows wrong favicon if bookmarked site changes previous favicon NEW [fxsearch] 1254971 First urlbar suggestion doesn't show favicons for visited sites when I type url NEW [fxsearch] 1255557 Urlbar ignores protocol which results in wrong suggestions (e.g. for keywords). https://, http://, ftp:// are affected NEW [fxsearch] 1256450 Answer to search suggestion question should be saved in sync NEW [fxsearch] 1257642 Location bar displays many duplicates in suggestions when I delete items NEW [fxsearch] regression 1257806 AddSearchProvider() should accept data: URL for icons, or at least have a better error message UNCONFIRMED [fxsearch] 1260275 Urlbar doesn't show decoded url during page loading if I clicked a link NEW [fxsearch] 1262507 Polish new awesomebar design NEW [fxsearch] meta 1264953 First Awesomebar popup population in a session looks bad NEW [fxsearch] 1265208 URL cut from address bar is not restored when switching between tabs. NEW [parity-chrome][parity-edge][parity-ie][parity-safari][fxsearch] 1268735 Scratchpad window opens in background if I press Shift+F4 in urlbar after hiding suggestions with Right key NEW [fxsearch] regression 1269505 not possible to to delete first search result in location bar NEW [dupeme][fxsearch] 1270715 Intermittent browser_action_searchengine.js | Result should be a moz-action: for the correct search engine - Got moz-action:keyword,{"url":"http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F%3Fq%3Dsearch","input":"keyword%20search"}, expected moz-action:searchengine,{"engineNam NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1271094 Long autocomplete suggestions are clipped in the middle of popup in some cases NEW [fxsearch] regression 1271121 Firefox should not autocomplete URL's pasted in the location bar NEW [fxsearch] 1275712 Intermittent browser_urlbarKeepStateAcrossTabSwitches.js | Found a tab after previous test timed out: http://i-definitely-dont-exist.example.com/ - REOPENED [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1275963 Intermittent browser_bug556061.js | Found an unexpected tab at the end of test run: about:blank NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure, leave-open 1276121 Autocomplete suggestions panel appears shifted when forward button moves NEW [fxsearch] 1276124 Urlbar doesn't highlight search terms in suggestions (behavior is illogical) NEW [fxsearch] 1276321 The last letter of keyword bookmarks is not uppercased when typing in the URL with all caps NEW [fxsearch] 1277651 suggest common domains in awesome bar REOPENED [testday-20160603][fxsearch] 1278549 First suggestion twitches when I edit a long string if there're >=3 toolbarbuttons before urlbar NEW [fxsearch] regression 1278928 Location bar marks an open and synced tab only as an already open one NEW [fxsearch] 1280366 Search Bar text undo is broken after its position was changed NEW [fxsearch] 1280700 Investigate offering an option to display URL before page title NEW [fxsearch] 1281700 If I hit Ctrl+x & cut a URL, the browser doesn't know the site anymore. NEW [fxsearch] 1287418 Noticeable delay in autocomplete popup display NEW [fxsearch][qf:p3] 1287420 Insufficient search results terms emphasis/highlight in autocomplete popup result list NEW [fxsearch] 1291573 Unified autocomplete "Visit" row should show the page title if it is in the history or bookmark NEW [fxsearch] 1291961 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_urlbarSearchTelemetry.js | uncaught exception - ReferenceError: engine is not defined at handleCommand@chrome://browser/content/urlbarBindings.xml:418:19 NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1291963 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_urlbarSearchSuggestions.js | uncaught exception - ReferenceError: engine is not defined at handleCommand@chrome://browser/content/urlbarBindings.xml:418:19 NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1292058 Consider a two column layout for the awesomebar results NEW [fxsearch] 1292404 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_urlbarSearchTelemetry.js | there should be a first suggestion - false == true NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1292726 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_action_keyword.js | undefined assertion name - NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1293102 Firefox sometimes doesn't start with cursor focused on address bar NEW [fxsearch] 1294387 When doing a keyword search in the address bar, show suggestions from the search engine associated with the keyword instead of the default search engine REOPENED [fxsearch] 1294426 Result fonts much larger than expected on classic theme NEW [fxsearch] Stephen Horlander [:shorlander] 1294954 Only one tag in awesome bar's suggestions. NEW [fxsearch] 1295088 Issues with duplicating "http://" when copying from the location bar with trimURLs enabled (the default) and the http URL has its protocol displayed anyway to avoid it triggering searches NEW [fxsearch] 1297948 Inconsistent behavior of Awesome bar when pressing down cursor or triangle button NEW [fxsearch] 1298480 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_urlbarAboutHomeLoading.js | Should have a closed window - NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1298635 Automatic character case change when Keyword Search matches search name NEW [fxsearch] 1299038 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_urlbarDelete.js | Test timed out NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1301589 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_urlbarAutoFillTrimURLs.js | Test timed out - NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1302484 Graphics glitch when browser.urlbar.maxRichResults forces the urlbar popup to scroll NEW [fxsearch] 1303549 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_action_searchengine.js | undefined assertion name - NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1303599 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_urlbarAboutHomeLoading.js | This test exceeded the timeout threshold. It should be rewritten or split up. If that's not possible, use requestLongerTimeout(N), but only as a last resort. - NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1304467 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_urlbarHashChangeProxyState.js | Test timed out - NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1304931 font size in location bar drop down on Linux makes em dash look misplaced NEW [fxsearch] 1305929 Leading space not stripped when using keyword search from URL bar NEW [fxsearch] 1306270 [One-off searches] Change of default search engine takes effect only after closing/reopening the Awesomebar NEW [fxsearch] 1306398 Intermittent browser/base/content/test/urlbar/browser_action_searchengine_alias.js | undefined assertion name - NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1308419 Clean up "keyword-search" Telemetry NEW [fxsearch] 1308521 Switch-To-Tab label is not aligned with the results from the Location Bar Dropdown NEW [fxsearch] 1308716 Update the heuristic result contents for canonize url NEW [fxsearch] 1309354 Firefox adds http:// and / when browser.urlbar.trimURLs = false and keyword.enabled=false NEW [fxsearch] 1310497 Intermittent browser_tabMatchesInAwesomebar.js | application timed out after 330 seconds with no output NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1310501 Intermittent browser_urlbarUpdateForDomainCompletion.js | Test timed out NEW [fxsearch] intermittent-failure 1311678 Entering URL without hitting Enter in location bar then tearing the tab deletes the entered URL NEW [fxsearch] 1311691 Clean up uses of |_selectionDetails/telemetrySearchDetails | in autocomplete NEW [fxsearch] 1312364 Location bar autocompletion displays goo%67 >> gogoogle.com/ when typing goo%67 after visiting google.com NEW [fxsearch] 1313358 mochitest --repeat breaks ContentSearch ASSIGNED [fxsearch] Drew Willcoxon :adw 1315134 Search suggestions in awesomebar are not aligned correctly if browser.urlbar.maxRichResults > 10 NEW [fxsearch] 1315509 Ctrl+K shortcut should add ? in URL bar if search bar is removed NEW [ie-parity][fxsearch] 1318848 results left offset doesn't take <toolbaritem> nodes into account NEW [fxsearch] 1318908 Location bar search prompt string is one character behind input NEW [fxsearch] 1320523 location bar autocompletes bookmarked sites when "suggest bookmarks" is unchecked NEW [wontfix?][fxsearch] 1320534 Speed and performance of importing bookmarks from JSON or HTML files is awful NEW [reserve-photon-performance] [qf:p2][fxsearch] hang, nightly-community, perf, topperf 1322022 Need test for location bar spoofing via drag and drop of broken javascript: URI NEW [needs test][fxsearch] csectype-spoof, sec-low 1322542 [RTL] LTR behavior with the cursor when typing RTL characters in the URL bar NEW [fxsearch] rtl 1327395 Firefox handles text ".asdf." and "/.zxcv" as urls (empty domain label) NEW [fxsearch][parity-chrome] 1327959 Typed text on url bar is lost with unifiedcomplete (autofill interferes) NEW [fxsearch] regression 1330462 Using a different search engine to search for the same thing one just searched for is painful NEW [fxsearch][fce-active] Doug Thayer [:dthayer] 1333345 Ctrl+Enter in address bar will open autocomplete-suggested site name instead of the actual text entered + ".com" NEW [fxsearch] Chris Peterson [:cpeterson] 1334611 Add a probe to measure location bar query length NEW [fxsearch] 1334614 Add a probe to measure the time to click a result NEW [fxsearch] 1334619 Add a more elaborate probe for selecting a bookmark result NEW [fxsearch] 1334620 Add a more elaborate probe for selecting a history result NEW [fxsearch] 1334621 Add a more elaborate probe for selecting a switch-to-tab result NEW [fxsearch] 1334625 Add a more elaborate probe for selecting a synced-tab result NEW [fxsearch] 1334630 Measure the edit distance when selecting a search suggestion NEW [fxsearch] 1334634 Add a telemetry probe for the number of clicks on the triangle history menu NEW [fxsearch] 1334636 Measure the interactions with the "show history" button menu items NEW [fxsearch] 1334639 Add a probe for the remembered suggestions in search bar NEW [fxsearch] 1334640 Add any missing search bar telemetry probes NEW [fxsearch] 1335467 Cleanup browser/components/preferences/in-content/search.js to remove the EngineStore object NEW [fxsearch] 1337404 Build ico files on-the-fly NEW [fxsearch] 1340487 Use an FTS in Places NEW [fxsearch] 1340498 Redesign the Places observers system NEW [fxsearch] 1341591 Create an automated way of generating the list of top sites we ship with Firefox NEW [fxsearch] 1342132 Location bar suggestions not having a title look bad NEW [fxsearch] 1342610 Probably bug code dealing with "www." in UnifiedComplete.js - _matchSearchEngineUrl() NEW [fxsearch] 1344931 Enable handoff from new tab/ about:home in-content SAP to Awesome Bar NEW [fxsearch] 1344933 Awesome Bar Prefs to enable A/B search suggestions testing NEW [fxsearch] 1345813 Dropping a local file over a html page is not allowed NEW [fxsearch] regression 1346409 [unifiedcomplete] Autofill appears to the end of typed when quickly actions NEW [fxsearch] regression 1346416 [unifiedcomplete] The first suggestion randomly displays autofilled text, so Enter doesn't apply to text in location bar NEW [fxsearch] ux-efficiency 1346428 [unifiedcomplete] First suggestions shows originally typed word instead of selected suggestion and brings confusion (sometimes) NEW [fxsearch] ux-consistency 1346448 [Regression] Cursor jumps to the end of location bar when I edit typed url (into matched history item) and press Right key NEW [fxsearch] regression, ux-consistency 1349557 [meta] Prepare for a funnelcake with top sites in the awesomebar enabled for 54 (en-US only) NEW [fxsearch] meta 1351023 While try search 729A/MON try to open link rather then search NEW [fxsearch] 1352012 Use a separate read-only connection for favicon protocols NEW [fxsearch] 1353725 displaying the awesomebar panel could be smoother NEW [reserve-photon-performance] [fxsearch][qf:investigate:p1] 1355443 The location bar should speculatively connect to the current search engine NEW [reserve-photon-performance] [fxsearch] 1355451 Speculatively connect to websites on mousedown on an awesomebar item NEW [reserve-photon-performance][fxsearch] 1355460 Speculatively connect to bookmarked sites on mousedown NEW [reserve-photon-performance] [fxsearch] 1356435 Styling bookmark item is no longer available NEW [fxsearch] regression 1356531 Remove moz_places_faviconindex NEW [fxsearch] 1356532 Try avoiding layout flushes in autocomplete::_handleOverflow NEW [fxsearch][reserve-photon-performance] 1358792 24.99ms uninterruptible reflow at adjustSiteIconStart@chrome://global/content/bindings/autocomplete.xml:2379:13 NEW [ohnoreflow][qf:p2][reserve-photon-performance][fxsearch] 1358835 Backspace is ignored if it's quickly followed by enter in the search box with a search suggestion selected NEW [fxsearch] regression 1358902 1.25ms uninterruptible reflow at detachController@chrome://global/content/bindings/autocomplete.xml:384:13 NEW [ohnoreflow][qf:p2][reserve-photon-performance][fxsearch] 1359487 Wrong favicons are saved in bookmarks on some website pages after landing patches from bug #977177 NEW [fxsearch] nightly-community, reproducible, ux-consistency 1360170 Change Search Settings button is not blue/orange when selected using the UP/DOWN keys NEW [fxsearch] 1360506 location bar flickers when backspacing a long search string NEW [reserve-photon-performance][fxsearch] 1363620 Favicons in history panel, location bar suggestions may appear blurred NEW [fxsearch] regression 1364415 leave location bar suggestions open when I middle click or ctrl click an item NEW [qx:spec][fxsearch] polish, ux-natural-mapping 1366787 Small lag when autocompleting NEW [reserve-photon-performance][fxsearch] 1366872 One-off search buttons: One-off buttons and settings button have slightly different colors on hover/mouseover NEW [fxsearch] 1367790 Remove Search Suggestions notification opt-in code NEW [fxsearch] 1368442 Missing favicon from the first suggestion to visit a website NEW [fxsearch] 1369016 Sometimes selecting a history entry opens a Google search instead of navigating to the entry NEW [fxsearch] regression 1370543 The search suggestions hint does not fit the window (if the window's width is less than 400 pixels) NEW [fxsearch] 1373740 Firefox should support tab to search like Chromium NEW [fxsearch] feature 1373855 Blank space showing up below search engine icons NEW [fxsearch] 1373990 One-off search buttons separators don't have the same width if DPI > 100 NEW [fxsearch] 245 Total; 245 Open (100%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);

Patches Accepted

P5: Will Have - not scheduled for any particular release, patches accepted - View in Bugzilla ID Summary Status Whiteboard Keywords Assigned to 236587 Allow bookmark keyword searches from the search bar / integrate toolbar and bookmark keyword searches NEW [fxsearch] 264199 make Search Toolbar history easier to discover NEW [fxsearch] helpwanted 289826 Allow Disabling the Installation of Search Plugins NEW [fxsearch] helpwanted 335102 make it possible to rename search engine (support search plugin renaming) NEW [fxsearch] helpwanted 351441 Search engine is repeatedly offered to be added: preload autodetected plugins NEW [wontfix?][fxsearch] 353056 can't overwrite default/shipped search plugins/engines NEW [fxsearch] 354950 OpenSearch support doesn't honour 'pageOffset' and 'indexOffset' attributes of description NEW [fxsearch] 360332 Search <Engine> for <String> context menu option doesn't support Ctrl/Shift/Middle clicks NEW [fxsearch] 360907 Search current site with OpenSearch NEW [fxsearch] 386591 Support "result URLs" for search suggestion results (OpenSearch) NEW [fxsearch] 492172 [meta] Store higher resolution favicons in places NEW [fxsearch] meta 535527 add pref to control search suggestion timeout NEW [fxsearch] 556437 nsSearchService.restoreDefaultEngines should also restore the default order NEW [bug][fxsearch] 565740 Clear the chrome search field input when navigated away from the results page, and make it tab-specific NEW [target-betaN] [Advo][fxsearch] polish, privacy Mano (::mano, needinfo? for any questions; not reading general bugmail) 598630 Need searchservice.reload() NEW [fxsearch] 598697 <ext-xpi-root>/searchplugins/ doesn't work with packed extensions NEW [fxsearch] dev-doc-complete 958204 [Theme] Search Suggestions NEW [suggestions][fxsearch] feature, meta 980244 clearing search bar form history doesn't provide any visible feedback NEW [bug][fxsearch] 1048214 Search suggestion box is moved down when "Choose What I Share" infobar opens NEW [ux bug][fxsearch] 1055492 Add test for XML serialization of extensionIDs that help track search engines added by add-ons NEW [hijacking][tech-debt][fxsearch] 1056611 SearchSuggestionController.jsm's NS_ASSERT(this._searchString !== null, ...) can fail, resulting in "'caller', 'callee', and 'arguments' properties may not be accessed on strict mode functions" NEW [fxsearch] 1060340 Double-clicking the location bar dropdown arrow changes awesomebar behavior with non-default maxRichResults REOPENED [see bug 1195054 comment 1][fxsearch] 1079457 User testing for experimental Firefox Awesomebar search suggestions build NEW [research][fxsearch] 1102934 No neterror page or any feedback displayed if a search request times out NEW [fxsearch] 1104755 Intermittent browser_tabMatchesInAwesomebar_perwindowpb.js | undefined assertion name - | Test timed out - expected PASS | Found a browser window after previous test timed out - expected PASS NEW [unifiedautocomplete][fxsearch] intermittent-failure, leave-open 1175769 Invalid ipv6 URLs are treated as valid. NEW [unifiedautocomplete][fxsearch] 1192218 Suggestions popup in locationbar displays wrong message when search keyword is being autocompleted (comment 2) NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] 1196906 Searching with keywords (when Shift is pressed): Either don't remove magnifier from location bar OR search for the whole string [keyword][space][search term] in default engine NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch] 1198847 Consolidate search query telemetry in Toolkit NEW [metrics][fxsearch] 1198848 Document the SEARCH_COUNTS telemetry probe NEW [metrics][fxsearch] 1199577 Whole text in url/search bar selection while changing keyboard layout UNCONFIRMED [fxsearch] 1199870 Search bar suggestions don't collapse by DoubleClicking on dropmarker (magnifier icon) NEW [fxsearch] 1212277 Default search name (and magnifier of '%s'-bookmarks) isn't visible if I enter long search term NEW [unifiedcomplete][fxsearch][dupeme] 1233289 Focusing the searchbar shouldn't refetch suggestions NEW [fxsearch] privacy 1240695 [intermittent] Flicker in Default Search Engine drop-down while deleting engines via about:preferences#search NEW [fxsearch] 1253485 Location bar doesn't preserve scroll position of the url after switching tabs NEW [parity-Chrome][fxsearch] 1256121 Changing language while typing in the location bar selects the whole text if browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll is set to true UNCONFIRMED [fxsearch] 1265805 Autocomplete suggestions still have border-left, border-right, border-radius in maximized window NEW [fxsearch] 1272292 Show default search engine in search field again NEW [fxsearch] 1276704 Denial of service based on AddSearchProvider() and XML Entity billion laughs attack NEW [sg:dos][fxsearch] crash, csectype-dos, csectype-oom, hang, testcase 1278425 Requested URL can be different from the served URL NEW [fxsearch] 1279320 Move browser_bug495058.js to urlbar directory NEW [fxsearch] 1287419 Autocomplete popup result list jumps/being shifted after initial display NEW [fxsearch] 1289969 Keyword search has inconsistent space encoding for bookmarks and search engines NEW [fxsearch] 1297382 [One off searches] Right clicking the settings gear button from Awesomebar opens a context menu with "Search in new tab" and "Set as default search engine" options NEW [fxsearch] 1317264 URL bar tooltip uses wrong text direction for displaying (ltr) URL when using rtl locale (trailing slashes show up at the beginning) NEW [fxsearch] 1334599 [meta] Add more telemetry probes for user interactions with the search and location bars NEW [fxsearch] meta 1354264 [meta][userstory] Ship v1 of Pre-populated topsites in Awesome Bar NEW [fxsearch] 1367561 [meta] Follow-on Search Measurement system add-on NEW [go-faster-system-addon][fxsearch] 49 Total; 49 Open (100%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);

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