From ab368f647fc92a61bc1a5d0375eb895e4a3146d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "S. Razi Alavizadeh" <srazi61@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 03:37:41 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] Assume "about:blank" as an empty URL.

- Closes #1539
---
 src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp |  2 +-
 src/lib/webkit/webview.cpp         | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp b/src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp
index 5213081aa..44b502786 100644
--- a/src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void LocationBar::showUrl(const QUrl &url)
     }
 
     // Set converted url as text
-    setText(convertUrlToText(url));
+    setText(stringUrl);
 
     // Move cursor to the start
     home(false);
diff --git a/src/lib/webkit/webview.cpp b/src/lib/webkit/webview.cpp
index 5bbf6b322..bff7dde10 100644
--- a/src/lib/webkit/webview.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webkit/webview.cpp
@@ -129,18 +129,30 @@ bool WebView::isTitleEmpty() const
     return QWebView::title().isEmpty();
 }
 
+static QString convertUrlToText(const QUrl &url)
+{
+    // It was most probably entered by user, so don't urlencode it
+    if (url.scheme().isEmpty()) {
+        return url.toString();
+    }
+
+    QString stringUrl = QzTools::urlEncodeQueryString(url);
+
+    if (stringUrl == QLatin1String("about:blank")) {
+        stringUrl.clear();
+    }
+
+    return stringUrl;
+}
+
 QUrl WebView::url() const
 {
     QUrl returnUrl = page()->url();
 
-    if (returnUrl.isEmpty()) {
+    if (convertUrlToText(returnUrl).isEmpty()) {
         returnUrl = m_aboutToLoadUrl;
     }
 
-    if (returnUrl.toString() == QLatin1String("about:blank")) {
-        returnUrl = QUrl();
-    }
-
     return returnUrl;
 }
 
@@ -404,7 +416,8 @@ void WebView::editDelete()
 void WebView::reload()
 {
     m_isReloading = true;
-    if (QWebView::url().isEmpty() && !m_aboutToLoadUrl.isEmpty()) {
+
+    if (convertUrlToText(QWebView::url()).isEmpty() && !m_aboutToLoadUrl.isEmpty()) {
         load(m_aboutToLoadUrl);
         return;
     }