[tor-bugs] #7100 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Firefox location bar loses focus with HTTPS Everywhere and suggestions enabled

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#7100: Firefox location bar loses focus with HTTPS Everywhere and suggestions
enabled
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks           |          Owner:  pde          
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:               
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:  HTTPS-E 3.0.0
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:               
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:               
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 While typing in the location bar with suggestions enabled
 (browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled set to true), after the first
 characters typed have caused some suggestions to appear, as soon as a
 character is typed that does not match any of the suggestions, the
 location bar loses focus.  This problem disappears when HTTPS Everywhere
 is disabled and reappears when HTTPS Everywhere is enabled.  (It also
 disappears when browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled is set to false, but
 that reduces usability of Firefox too much to be a workaround.)

 The bug does not occur with every instance of Firefox, and if an instance
 of Firefox does not exhibit the problem, it will not exhibit it even if
 running for a long time.  On the other hand, if an instance of Firefox has
 the problem, it will not disappear while that instance is running.  It
 seems to me that the probability of getting a buggy instance of Firefox is
 correlated to the amount of history data available, i.e. probability is
 somewhat low with a fresh install of Firefox, then gradually rises as the
 history database fills up.

 I am using Firefox 16.0.1 (and have had the problem for several releases
 of Firefox before that) with NoScript and AdBlock Plus installed as
 extensions.  There are no plugins.  OS is GNU/Linux using Debian 6.0.6 as
 base distribution.

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