Public bug reported:

Ever since upgrading from Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04, and later to 24.10, I
have experienced the following bug on two separate systems, which can be
reproduced following the steps below:

1. Open an application such as Document Viewer (evince) or LibreOffice Writer.
2. Click on a hyperlink in the application (or in the case of LibreOffice 
Writer, type in your own URL like http://www.google.com, press space to make 
Writer turn it into a hyperlink, and then CTRL+click on the resulting 
hyperlink).
3. Once Firefox opens the page, attempt to type something.
4. Observe that even though the Firefox window is in focus, whatever you type 
will show up in the original application from which you clicked the hyperlink, 
instead of showing up in Firefox.
5. Also press CTRL+F and observe that the "find" toolbox or dialog shows up in 
the original application instead of in Firefox.
6. ALT+Tab back to the original application, and then ALT+Tab back to Firefox, 
and now the keyboard input will work as expected.

Additionally:

There is a slight change of behaviour after upgrading from Ubuntu 24.04
to 24.10. In 24.04, if you have multiple windows open in Firefox, and
you type the "%" key in the address bar to search for a tab that's open
in another window, after switching to the other window the keyboard
input still goes to the original Firefox window where you initiated the
search. After upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04, it seemed originally that this
problem was no longer present, but I just experienced it again shortly
before submitting this bug report. So it could be that the bug only
occurs intermittently via tab switching, but it is 100% reproducible
using the 6 steps I listed previously.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-9.9-generic 6.11.0
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Nov 23 02:21:20 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-04 (1146 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SnapChanges: no changes found
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oracular on 2024-11-09 (13 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oracular

** Description changed:

- Ever since upgrading from Ubuntu 23.04 to 23.10, and later to 24.04, I
+ Ever since upgrading from Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04, and later to 24.10, I
  have experienced the following bug on two separate systems, which can be
  reproduced following the steps below:
  
  1. Open an application such as Document Viewer (evince) or LibreOffice Writer.
  2. Click on a hyperlink in the application (or in the case of LibreOffice 
Writer, type in your own URL like http://www.google.com, press space to make 
Writer turn it into a hyperlink, and then CTRL+click on the resulting 
hyperlink).
  3. Once Firefox opens the page, attempt to type something.
  4. Observe that even though the Firefox window is in focus, whatever you type 
will show up in the original application from which you clicked the hyperlink, 
instead of showing up in Firefox.
  5. Also press CTRL+F and observe that the "find" toolbox or dialog shows up 
in the original application instead of in Firefox.
  6. ALT+Tab back to the original application, and then ALT+Tab back to 
Firefox, and now the keyboard input will work as expected.
  
  Additionally:
  
- There is a slight change of behaviour after upgrading from Ubuntu 23.10
- to 24.04. In 23.10, if you have multiple windows open in Firefox, and
+ There is a slight change of behaviour after upgrading from Ubuntu 24.04
+ to 24.10. In 24.04, if you have multiple windows open in Firefox, and
  you type the "%" key in the address bar to search for a tab that's open
  in another window, after switching to the other window the keyboard
  input still goes to the original Firefox window where you initiated the
  search. After upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04, it seemed originally that this
  problem was no longer present, but I just experienced it again shortly
  before submitting this bug report. So it could be that the bug only
  occurs intermittently via tab switching, but it is 100% reproducible
  using the 6 steps I listed previously.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
  Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-9.9-generic 6.11.0
  Uname: Linux 6.11.0-9-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Nov 23 02:21:20 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-04 (1146 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
-  TERM=xterm-256color
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm-256color
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SnapChanges: no changes found
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oracular on 2024-11-09 (13 days ago)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2089431

Title:
  After clicking hyperlink in an application to load page in Firefox,
  keyboard input still captured by original application instead of the
  in-focus Firefox window

Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ever since upgrading from Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04, and later to 24.10, I
  have experienced the following bug on two separate systems, which can
  be reproduced following the steps below:

  1. Open an application such as Document Viewer (evince) or LibreOffice Writer.
  2. Click on a hyperlink in the application (or in the case of LibreOffice 
Writer, type in your own URL like http://www.google.com, press space to make 
Writer turn it into a hyperlink, and then CTRL+click on the resulting 
hyperlink).
  3. Once Firefox opens the page, attempt to type something.
  4. Observe that even though the Firefox window is in focus, whatever you type 
will show up in the original application from which you clicked the hyperlink, 
instead of showing up in Firefox.
  5. Also press CTRL+F and observe that the "find" toolbox or dialog shows up 
in the original application instead of in Firefox.
  6. ALT+Tab back to the original application, and then ALT+Tab back to 
Firefox, and now the keyboard input will work as expected.

  Additionally:

  There is a slight change of behaviour after upgrading from Ubuntu
  24.04 to 24.10. In 24.04, if you have multiple windows open in
  Firefox, and you type the "%" key in the address bar to search for a
  tab that's open in another window, after switching to the other window
  the keyboard input still goes to the original Firefox window where you
  initiated the search. After upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04, it seemed
  originally that this problem was no longer present, but I just
  experienced it again shortly before submitting this bug report. So it
  could be that the bug only occurs intermittently via tab switching,
  but it is 100% reproducible using the 6 steps I listed previously.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
  Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-9.9-generic 6.11.0
  Uname: Linux 6.11.0-9-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Nov 23 02:21:20 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-04 (1146 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SnapChanges: no changes found
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oracular on 2024-11-09 (13 days ago)

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