opening a link in a background tab exits find-in-page mode

Bug #1622150 reported by doniks
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
New
Undecided
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webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

open the webbrowser
navigate to a /long/ website (like https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/ )
tap the menu to do 'Find in page'
type your search term
tap next to get to the first result that interests you
long press the link and open it in a background tab
try to contine searching in the page

expected:
I can conveniently continue tapping next to find further hits

actual:
I need to type the search term again and start from the top of the page again

Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
summary: - cannot continue find-in-page in the browser
+ opening a link in a background tab exits find-in-page mode
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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