Public bug reported: [Impact]
Typing query in Firefox' address bar with colon (:) always triggers the SystemHandler instead of search. [Test plan] *Start Firefox *Type a1:b2 in the address bar and press enter Expected: String is searched in the default search engine. Observed: Dialogue box "open the a1 link with System Handler?" appears. *Install xdg-desktop-portal from proposed *Kill Firefox *systemctl restart --user xdg-desktop-portal *Start Firefox *Type a1:b2 in the address bar and press enter Expected: String is searched in the default search engine. [Regression potential] Regressions might appear as in applications that use the portal to handle URIs, as a failed or incorrect identification to handle a given URI. Say, mailto:[email protected] should invoke an email handler with said email address as recipient. ** Affects: firefox Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Released ** Affects: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) Status: New ** Affects: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu Noble) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) Status: New ** Affects: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu Plucky) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Released ** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Plucky) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Noble) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Plucky) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Jammy) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Noble) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Jammy) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Noble) Status: New => In Progress ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1976472 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1976472 ** Also affects: firefox via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1976472 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu Jammy) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) ** Changed in: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu Noble) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) ** Changed in: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu Plucky) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu Plucky) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu Jammy) ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu Noble) ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu Plucky) ** Changed in: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2116951 Title: [SRU] Typing query in address bar with colon (:) triggers SystemHandler instead of search Status in Mozilla Firefox: Unknown Status in xdg-desktop-portal package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xdg-desktop-portal source package in Jammy: New Status in xdg-desktop-portal source package in Noble: New Status in xdg-desktop-portal source package in Plucky: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Typing query in Firefox' address bar with colon (:) always triggers the SystemHandler instead of search. [Test plan] *Start Firefox *Type a1:b2 in the address bar and press enter Expected: String is searched in the default search engine. Observed: Dialogue box "open the a1 link with System Handler?" appears. *Install xdg-desktop-portal from proposed *Kill Firefox *systemctl restart --user xdg-desktop-portal *Start Firefox *Type a1:b2 in the address bar and press enter Expected: String is searched in the default search engine. [Regression potential] Regressions might appear as in applications that use the portal to handle URIs, as a failed or incorrect identification to handle a given URI. Say, mailto:[email protected] should invoke an email handler with said email address as recipient. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/2116951/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
