Asian Language Input Method Inactive in Webpage Text Fields After Navigation via Bookmarks or Copy/Paste in Firefox 135.0.1
Description:
In Firefox version 135.0.1, when navigating to a website by clicking a bookmark or by pasting a URL (without first activating an Asian language input method in the address bar), Asian language input methods are inactive within webpage text fields. Only English characters can be entered. Switching languages or input methods has no effect.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Open Firefox 135.0.1.
- Navigate to a website by clicking a bookmark or by pasting a URL into the address bar (do not activate an Asian language input method in the address bar before navigating).
- Click on a text field within the webpage.
- Attempt to activate an Asian language input method.
Expected Result: The Asian language input method should activate, allowing the user to enter characters in the selected language.
Actual Result: The Asian language input method remains inactive. Only English characters can be entered.
Workaround: Clicking on the address bar and activating an Asian language input method there enables the input method to function correctly in webpage text fields afterward. This workaround persists for all webpages within the same Firefox window. Alternatively, if the user first types an URL into the address bar, while using an asian language input method, the problem does not occur.
Environment: Browser: Firefox 135.0.1 Operating System: Windows 11 Input Methods: Microsoft Chinese Input and Microsoft Japanese Input (both exhibit the same issue) Websites: Google, Bing, Yahoo and other websites.
Additional Information: This issue does not occur in Microsoft Edge.
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TyDraniu said
Interesting. Can you test it with mozregression to find an offending commit? Thanks!
Thanks for your reply. Here's an update:
Found commit message: Update configs. IGNORE BROKEN CHANGESETS CLOSED TREE NO BUG a=release ba=release
New Findings: The issue does not reproduce on the Nightly build. The issue is triggered when the 'Homepage and new windows' setting is set to 'Blank Page' or 'about:blank'
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A temporary workaround is to set more than one homepage in Firefox, so that at least two tabs open when the browser starts. In this case, the input method will load correctly when typing in text fields on webpages.
Here are similar issues reported by other users https://forums.mozillazine.jp/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23014 https://x.com/noriq2star/status/1890043470502650124
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TyDraniu said
Interesting. Can you test it with mozregression to find an offending commit? Thanks!
Thanks for your reply. Here's an update:
Found commit message: Update configs. IGNORE BROKEN CHANGESETS CLOSED TREE NO BUG a=release ba=release
New Findings: The issue does not reproduce on the Nightly build. The issue is triggered when the 'Homepage and new windows' setting is set to 'Blank Page' or 'about:blank'
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I have been experiencing the same issue on macOS. Switching to Japanese input appears to work based on the visual cue from the OS (it toggles between A and あ) but Firefox handles the input as Latin.
The issue is still occurring as of the latest release (138.0.1) which I just installed a few moments ago.
I can confirm that the issue occurs when the 'Homepage and new windows' setting is set to 'Blank Page', and does not occur when the "Firefox Home" setting is used.
Environment: Browser: Firefox 138.0.1 Operating System: macOS Input Methods: macOS native Japanese input method Websites: DuckDuckGo, Google, and other websites.
Additional Information: This issue does not occur in Safari.
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