Why are there hidden places (history)?

[al...@yahoo.com]

While trying to figure out why a particular autofill url was always trying
www.{host} I found that a hidden place entry with a www. was responsible.

When are places marked hidden? Why should there be history entries that a
user can't see and delete if need be?

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

On 18/08/2012 17:40, al...@yahoo.com wrote:

> When are places marked hidden? Why should there be history entries
> that a user can't see and delete if need be?

/**
* Some pages in history are marked "hidden" and thus don't appear by
* default in queries. These include automatic framed visits and
* redirects.
....

bool
GetHiddenState(bool aIsRedirect,
PRUint32 aTransitionType)
{
return aTransitionType == nsINavHistoryService::TRANSITION_FRAMED_LINK ||
aTransitionType == nsINavHistoryService::TRANSITION_EMBED ||
aIsRedirect;
}

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GCP

[al...@yahoo.com]

"Gian-Carlo Pascutto" <gpas...@mozilla.com> wrote in message
news:y8GdnXbrt4PWfazN...@mozilla.org...

> On 18/08/2012 17:40, al...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> When are places marked hidden? Why should there be history entries
>> that a user can't see and delete if need be?
>
> /**
> * Some pages in history are marked "hidden" and thus don't appear by
> * default in queries. These include automatic framed visits and
> * redirects.
> ....

Thanks, that answers the when, but the why remains. That a place is hidden
from queries does not imply that it should be hidden from the show all
history view (sidebar). Why should there be history entries that a user

can't see and delete if need be?

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784010

[al...@yahoo.com]

Why should there be history entries that a user can't see and delete if need
be?

That a place is hidden from queries does not imply that it should be hidden

from the show all history view (sidebar). If history exists for the user's
benefit, the user must have access to it.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784010