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) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2089431/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
