Opening a link from another app while browser is showing open tabs does not switch to the link

Bug #1445394 reported by Stuart Langridge
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open the browser
2. Show the list of open tabs (Menu > Open tabs)
3. Switch to another app
4. Tap a link in that other app which would open in the browser (e.g., an http link)

What should happen:

5. The phone brings the browser to the foreground
6. The tapped link opens in a new tab
7. That new tab is made the selected tab and shown full screen

What happens:

7. That new tab is opened in the open tabs list, but is not selected

Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app:
status: New → Confirmed
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM):
status: New → Confirmed
no longer affects: webbrowser-app
Bill Filler (bfiller)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

The bug is still present on the latest rc-proposed image.

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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