TBB doesn't use page title when bookmarking by dragging globe/lock icon

When you drag the globe/lock icon next to the URL in the address bar onto the bookmarks toolbar it uses the actual URL instead of page title.

Same thing happens with bookmarks menu.

added component::applications/tor browser owner::tbb-team priority::low severity::normal status::new tbb-usability type::defect labels

I was able to reproduce this problem with both Tor Browser 4.5.3 and 5.0a3 on a Mac OS 10.8.5 system. Dragging the fav icon from the tab to the Bookmarks Toolbar does result in the page title being used.

Trac:
Cc: N/A to brade, mcs

And this works on a normal Firefox, right?

Trac:
Cc: brade, mcs to brade, mcs, gk
Keywords: bookmarks deleted, tbb-usability added

Replying to gk:

And this works on a normal Firefox, right?

Yes. I just tested in 38.1 ESR and in a 40.0 beta. As another experiment, I tried disabling Torbutton in TB 5.0a3 and found that this bug disappeared: the page title was transferred to the Bookmarks Toolbar. I did notice that the fav icon was missing, but that also seems to be the case if I use Cmd+D or other methods to create the bookmark.

Set all open tickets without a severity to "Normal"

Trac:
Severity: N/A to Normal

Still have this issue in TorBrowser 7.5.4 with TorButton 1.9.8.6

Trac:
Username: safdsfds
Sponsor: N/A to N/A
Reviewer: N/A to N/A

Still present in TB v8.5.4. Can I ask why this issue has remained unaddressed for 4 years? Bookmarks aren't very useful without titles.

Trac:
Username: cavelkhan

Replying to cavelkhan:

Still present in TB v8.5.4. Can I ask why this issue has remained unaddressed for 4 years? Bookmarks aren't very useful without titles.

I agree. The reason is that we haven't found time working on this bug. :( But if you can, please do! We'd love to review a patch and get this fixed.

#33551 (moved) is a duplicate

mentioned in issue #33551 (moved)

moved to tpo/applications/tor-browser#16516 (closed)