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webbrowser-app package

A typed "++" will be searched as "+" on all search engines

Bug #1652292 reported by Emanuele Sorce
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Olivier Tilloy

Bug Description

I am on a vegetahd, rc proposed. DuckDuckGo is my default search engine. If I search "++" or any string like "C++ cout" the "++" is changed into only "+"

Related branches

lp:~osomon/webbrowser-app/escape-all-html-entities-in-search-queries
Ubuntu Phablet Team: Pending requested
Diff: 23 lines (+2/-1)
2 files modified
src/app/webbrowser/AddressBar.qml (+1/-1)
tests/unittests/qml/tst_AddressBar.qml (+1/-0)
lp:~ci-train-bot/webbrowser-app/webbrowser-app-ubuntu-zesty-2343 (Merged)
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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

It’s not just duckduckgo, it’s an app-wide issue, as the second "+" is truncated for all search engines.

summary: - A typed "++" will be searched as "+" on DuckDuckGo
+ A typed "++" will be searched as "+" on all search engines
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Emanuele Sorce (tronfortytwo) wrote :

Maybe it's a already known information but I see that every string composed of an x number of '+' is searched as only "+". For example "+++" or "+++++++" or "++++++++++", them all are searched only as "+"

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Thanks Emanuele for the report and the investigation. I have submitted a trivial patch that fixes the issue, see the branch attached if you’re interested in the details.

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Emanuele Sorce (tronfortytwo) wrote :

Thanks you for your fast fix!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package webbrowser-app - 0.23+17.04.20170110-0ubuntu1

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webbrowser-app (0.23+17.04.20170110-0ubuntu1) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Include only webbrowser-app data in the snap (no webapp-container)
  * Use the upstream QtSystemInfo instead of embedding an old copy of
    its source code
  * Stop using deprecated WebView APIs (LP: #1651173)
  * Stop using a deprecated API in the webapp container (LP: #1567656)
  * Escape all HTML entities in search queries (LP: #1652292)

 -- Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:17:30 +0000

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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