"Search Google for" menu item does not work

[Chris Eagan]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

When I do a search using the context menu for selected text, a new tab opens to "http://www.google.com/firefox" without any search terms.

To reproduce:

1) Open Firefox
2) Goto a site
3) Select a few words on the page
4) Right-click and choose "Search Google for" menu option
5) A new tab opens at "http://www.google.com/firefox" but the search is not performed.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[darthmalis (ubuntu-darthmalis)]

I have the same problem on Jaunty x86_64 with Firefox 3.0.10.

If you want more info I'd be happy to provide it.

[Chris Eagan (ceagan)]

This feature is working now on my computer. It is possible that this has been fixed in the latest release, or that it was actually a bug in one of my Firefox extensions that has since been fixed.

In any case, I recommend this bug be closed.

[elalbibe (elalbibe-gmail)]

Search bar is broken since upgrade to Jaunty. AMD64 duo core MSI motherboard
If I click the magnifying glass with the grayed out 'Google' in the search window, it takes me to Google.
If I put a search string in the same window and click the icon, nothing happens.
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and
storage is null
and
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