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Status: WontFix
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Closed: Sep 5
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mpear...@chromium.org
primiano@chromium.org
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OS: Mac
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Type: Bug



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Omnibox suggestions shouldn't keep track of error pages and should have a way to delete entries

Project Member Reported by primiano@chromium.org, Jul 30 
I once typo-ed while trying to go to my inbox, going instead to inbo/, which is an error page.
From that moment, now every time I have to go to inbox I have to remember to type "inbox". Anything shorter will instead go to inbo/. See report from chrome://omnibox below.

IMHO there are two problems here:
1) The omnibox shouldn't keep track of error pages as valid suggestions results, even if they are in the history
2) There should be a way to permanently delete a suggestion result (right click? delete button? something along these lines).

Chrome on Mac, 68.0.3440.75 (Official Build)


Results when searching for inbo in chrome://omnibox:

cursor position = 4

Combined results.
Provider	Type	Relevance	Contents	URL
HistoryURL	url-what-you-typed	1413	inbo	http://inbo/
HistoryURL	history-url	1412	inbox.google.com	http://inbox.google.com/
HistoryQuick	history-url	1308	inbox.google.com/u/0/	https://inbox.google.com/u/0/
Search	search-suggest	1250	inbox	https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=inbox&oq=inbo&aqs=chrome.3.69i58j69i60l2j0j69i57j69i60&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Search	search-what-you-typed	851	inbo	https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=inbo&oq=inbo&aqs=chrome..69i58j69i60l2j0j69i57j69i60&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
HistoryURL	history-url	790	inbox.google.com/u/0/search/	https://inbox.google.com/u/0/search/

Comment 1 by mpear...@chromium.org, Jul 30

Labels: Needs-Feedback
Here's my guess.

We fixed in  bug 799546 , which landed in M-66.  If the "I once typo-ed" it happened in M-66 or later, we have a real bug.  If it happened before that, then this bad navigation is simply grandfathered in. :-(

You can delete an omnibox suggestion by using the magic keyboard shortcut.  See https://www.cnet.com/how-to/delete-annoying-url-predictions-from-chromes-omnibox/
Or you can go into your history and search your history and delete it from there also.  Having a better UI for omnibox suggestion deletion is bug 1205.

Please let me know your best estimate of when you typo-ed the URL first.  If it's in M-66 or later, then I might need more information.  If not, then it's safe to assume it's the earlier bug and to delete the suggestion / history entry and move on.

Comment 2 by k...@chromium.org, Aug 30

Labels: OS-Mac

Comment 3 by erikc...@chromium.org, Aug 31

Status: Unconfirmed (was: Untriaged)

Comment 4 by mpear...@chromium.org, Sep 4

Cc: primiano@chromium.org
primiano@, can you please reply to comment #1, and let us know if you're still experiencing this?  thanks!

Comment 5 by primiano@chromium.org, Sep 5 

oh Shift+FN+Delete did the trick thanks!

> Please let me know your best estimate of when you typo-ed the URL first.  If it's in M-66 or later
i honestly can't remember. Is there a way to reliably figure that out?
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Comment 6 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Sep 5

Cc: mpear...@chromium.org
Labels: -Needs-Feedback
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Comment 7 by mpear...@chromium.org, Sep 5

Status: WontFix (was: Unconfirmed)
> Is there a way to reliably figure that out?
Yes, there is.  Or there was...

With the "History" file in your profile, I'd be able to check when all the visits to that URL were, including the first one.  However, since you deleted the URL from your history already, that's no longer possible.

I'm closing this bug as presumptively resolved, assuming that the inbo/ interaction happened before M-66.  If you see this again, let us know.
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