Upstream bug report closed "VERIFIED FIXED", see comment #44
Closing by marking "Fix Released"
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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Title:
Firefox does not allow users to change the default search engine,
unless the search bar is present
Status in Mozilla Firefox:
Fix Released
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox
Steps to reproduce (on Ubuntu Lucid):
1. Start with a clean Firefox profile
2. Notice the default search provider is Yahoo in the search box (just
to the right of the address bar)
3. Select some text on a page, right click on the selection and notice
the item "Search Yahoo for <YourText>"
4. Set the search provider to Google in the search box from the drop-
down menu
5. Select some text on a page, right click on the selection and notice
the item "Search Google for <YourText>"
6. Go to View -> Toolbars -> Customize and drag the search box out of
the toolbar into the customization window
7. Select some text on a page, right click on the selection and notice
the item "Search Yahoo for <YourText>" (should be Google still)
8. Go to View -> Toolbars -> Customize and drag the search box into
your toolbar, to the right of the address bar
9. Notice Google is selected as default search provider
10. Select some text on a page, right click on the selection and
notice the item "Search Google for <YourText>"
This is due to Firefox using the user-set engine when the search bar
is present, but using the default engine (which cannot be changed by
the user), when the search bar is removed.
Confirmed on:
Ubuntu 10.04 (Firefox 3.6)
Ubuntu 9.10 (Firefox 3.7)
Windows Vista (Firefox 3.6)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 23 14:40:42 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
FirefoxPackages:
firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu5
firefox-gnome-support 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu5
firefox-branding 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu5
abroswer N/A
abrowser-branding N/A
Package: firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic x86_64
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