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[Bug 889059] [NEW] Firefox enforces middlemouse.contentLoadURL to false.

 

Public bug reported:

When I've upgraded my ubuntu and got firefox 7.0.1 I've unexpectedly
lost the possibility to paste URLs directly into browser window. That
possibility is more than very useful as I don't have to do lot of things
- exactly to load some URL into current non-empty tab I have to: 1)
select URL; 2) press Ctrl+C; 3) click on URL line in browser; 4) select
all in there; 5) press Ctrl+V; 6) press 'Enter'. With that possibility
it's very-very simple: 1) select URL; 2) middle-click in browser window
- yes, that's all. And now I cannot do that because config variable
middlemouse.contentLoadURL changed it's default to false (and I think
it's ubuntu-specific default, the same version 7.0.1 in debian-testing
have it true as it always been) and it's even worse - even when I open
about:config and toggle it, it works as it should be but as soon I close
firefox and start it again that value is reset to false again and that
means I should set it manually each time I start firefox! I've fixed
that weird bug by downgrading firefox to version from natty. Fix it
back, please!

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  When I've upgraded my ubuntu and got firefox 7.0.1 I've unexpectedly
  lost the possibility to paste URLs directly into browser window. That
  possibility is more than very useful as I don't have to do lot of things
  - exactly to load some URL into current non-empty tab I have to: 1)
  select URL; 2) press Ctrl+C; 3) click on URL line in browser; 4) select
  all in there; 5) press Ctrl+V; 6) press 'Enter'. With that possibility
  it's very-very simple: 1) select URL; 2) middle-click in browser window
  - yes, that's all. And now I cannot do that because config variable
- middlemouse.contentLoadUR changed it's default to false (and I think
+ middlemouse.contentLoadURL changed it's default to false (and I think
  it's ubuntu-specific default, the same version 7.0.1 in debian-testing
  have it true as it always been) and it's even worse - even when I open
  about:config and toggle it, it works as it should be but as soon I close
  firefox and start it again that value is reset to false again and that
  means I should set it manually each time I start firefox! I've fixed
  that weird bug by downgrading firefox to version from natty. Fix it
  back, please!

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Title:
  Firefox enforces middlemouse.contentLoadURL to false.

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I've upgraded my ubuntu and got firefox 7.0.1 I've unexpectedly
  lost the possibility to paste URLs directly into browser window. That
  possibility is more than very useful as I don't have to do lot of
  things - exactly to load some URL into current non-empty tab I have
  to: 1) select URL; 2) press Ctrl+C; 3) click on URL line in browser;
  4) select all in there; 5) press Ctrl+V; 6) press 'Enter'. With that
  possibility it's very-very simple: 1) select URL; 2) middle-click in
  browser window - yes, that's all. And now I cannot do that because
  config variable middlemouse.contentLoadURL changed it's default to
  false (and I think it's ubuntu-specific default, the same version
  7.0.1 in debian-testing have it true as it always been) and it's even
  worse - even when I open about:config and toggle it, it works as it
  should be but as soon I close firefox and start it again that value is
  reset to false again and that means I should set it manually each time
  I start firefox! I've fixed that weird bug by downgrading firefox to
  version from natty. Fix it back, please!

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