Address bar does not accept a manually entered URI

[sporcina]

Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?
Yes

Describe the issue you encountered:
I am unable to manually type in a URI through the address bar (e.g. "www.google.ca", "http://www.google.com", or "google"). As soon as I hit 'enter' the address defaults back to "https://www.brave.com/".

Expected behavior:
Should present the URI in the address bar and navigate to that site.

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):
  Windows 10 Pro
  Version 1607
  OS Build 14393.222
• Brave Version:
  0.12.4
• Steps to reproduce:
  1. Launch Brave via desktop shortcut
  2. Type in "http://www.google.ca" in the address bar
  3. Hit 'enter' key
• Screenshot if needed:
  None required. It looks just like it does when you start up Brave.
• Any related issues:
  No

[Sh1d0w]

Can you see if this is not duplicate of an issue I have reported recently #4219 ?

[sporcina]

No it is not. #4219 is about entering a url, but navigating to a different one. Mine is that no manually typed url is accepted; the address bar goes blank. I recently had to wipe my machine and clean install Windows. After installing Brave again the address bar works correctly now. I'm wondering if a older version of Brave introduced the problem that was never resolved in newer patches. I do know that when I uninstalled Brave and reinstalled it, the problem persisted.

[cndouglas]

Probably another case of #3254.

[cndouglas]

I'm going to go ahead and close this as a duplicate of #3254.