252280 - dragging xul splitter gets stuck (sidebar, mailnews..)

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[basic]

recent cvs trunk build 2004/07/20 linux gtk2

can't drag splitter. If I try, the splitter jumps to to end and refuses to move
after that.

Comment 1

[basic]

I probably shouldn't file bugs just before I go to sleep.

tested this on the sidebar and mail pane splitters with a recent seamonkey cvs
build. related to fix for bug 53966 maybe?

Comment 2

[basic]

ok did more testing, it seems that I cannot drag out of the splitter, meaning
when I drag, I cannot "mouseout" of the splitter, or it will jump.

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 252582 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[R.K.Aa.]

upping severity. This is close to being a blocker for those who don't know how
to reset the splitters to defaults.. I
 dragged a splitter in  mail and now I can't see my mail: it's to the right of a
splitter stuck along right side of pane

Comment 5

[Stephen Walker]

Backing out the fix for bug 53966 allows a splitter to be dragged.

Comment 6

[Pavel]

How do I reset the splitter?

Comment 7

[R.K.Aa.]

pavel:
Brutal method: quit Mozilla, delete localstore.rdf in your profile dir.
More elegant: quit Mozilla, EDIT that file in a plain text editor.

I deleted it, myself ;)

If localstore.rdf is missing on start, Mozilla creates a new with defaults for
window and pane sizes, columns in mail, buttons on toolbar etc.

Comment 8

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

Attachment: fix

Splitter frames created a view for themselves and relied on that view capturing
the mouse when the user clicked on the splitter. Now that views don't capture
the mouse by default, this broke. Splitters need to implement
nsIFrame::GetMouseCapturer to explicitly say that they want to capture the
mouse.

Comment 9

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

Comment on attachment 153996 [details] [diff] [review]
fix

Simple fix for a serious regression...

Comment 10

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

checked in

Comment 11

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 252678 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

*** Bug 252770 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[James Ross]

*** Bug 292142 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14

[JongAm Park]

Well, is this solved?

Yes. With the Windows version, it is solved but not with the Mac version.
I tried vnk0.9.85 2/28/2005 along with the Firefox.