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[AlainKnaff <1516248@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

In many of today's browser, it is possible to bookmark a javascript: URL
. When clicking on such a bookmark, the javascript code snippet is
executed within the context of the currently shown page.

Attempting to do this in the Ubuntu Phone web browser pops up a new tab
with an about:blank page...

Bookmarklets would be handy to work around other deficiencies in the
browser (such as lack of form autocompletion or password manager, bug
#1516220): just have some javascript bookmark that fills in the required
fields (I know, there are security implications, but for unimportant
social networking sites this would be ok)

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/public_html$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
Release:        15.04
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/public_html$ apt-cache policy webbrowser-app
webbrowser-app:
  Installed: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 0
       1001 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/stable-snapshot/ubuntu/ vivid/main armhf Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.23+15.04.20150416-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ vivid/main armhf Packages

What I expected to happen:
 javascript code of the bookmark should be executed on current page

What happened instead:
 New tab is created with about:blank content

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1516248

Title:
  Bookmarklets do not work

Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In many of today's browser, it is possible to bookmark a javascript:
  URL . When clicking on such a bookmark, the javascript code snippet is
  executed within the context of the currently shown page.

  Attempting to do this in the Ubuntu Phone web browser pops up a new
  tab with an about:blank page...

  Bookmarklets would be handy to work around other deficiencies in the
  browser (such as lack of form autocompletion or password manager, bug
  #1516220): just have some javascript bookmark that fills in the
  required fields (I know, there are security implications, but for
  unimportant social networking sites this would be ok)

  phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/public_html$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
  Release:        15.04
  phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/public_html$ apt-cache policy webbrowser-app
  webbrowser-app:
    Installed: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 0
         1001 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/stable-snapshot/ubuntu/ vivid/main armhf Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.23+15.04.20150416-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ vivid/main armhf Packages

  What I expected to happen:
   javascript code of the bookmark should be executed on current page

  What happened instead:
   New tab is created with about:blank content

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