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New tabs focus address bar with text not selected

New tabs leave the address bar focused with its text unselected, so typing adds to the old URL instead of replacing it.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

9 public reports · first reported 15 November 2017 · last reported 1 December 2023

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Users say that when the add-on opens a new tab, the address bar grabs focus but the URL it shows is not selected.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 9 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.