67944 - advanced search sidebar category dropdown not working

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Search, defect, P1)

Description

[basic]

build 2001/02/05 and 2001/02/06 (wind32 talkback)
advanced search sidebar stuck on 'Mozilla' category, the drop down menu no
longer works.

Comment 1

[Gilles Durys]

dup of bug 68054

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 68054 ***

Comment 2

[basic]

Reopening, as bug 68054 has been closed, but I still see this bug in 
build 20010207 win32 talkback.
Changing Summary to clarify.

This is what I see in the console when I click on the dropdown:

JavaScript error:
 line 0: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8
0004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIMenuBoxObject.activeChild]"  nsresult: "0x8000400
5 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: <unknown filename> :: onxblcreate
:: line 5"  data: no]

Comment 3

[basic]

Reopening, as bug 68054 has been closed, but I still see this bug in 
build 20010207 win32 talkback.
Changing Summary to clarify.

This is what I see in the console when I click on the dropdown:

JavaScript error:
 line 0: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8
0004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIMenuBoxObject.activeChild]"  nsresult: "0x8000400
5 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: <unknown filename> :: onxblcreate
:: line 5"  data: no]

Comment 4

[basic]

Just realize that bug 68054 was a wrong dup. It was about Mail and News message
search, not the sidebar search component, which this bug is.

Comment 5

[jvmatl]

FWIW, I have the same problem in Build 2001020904 (Win32)
This worked for me in 0.7, (I was experimenting with some plugins from 
the Sherlock project at MozDev.org and then I downloaded the 2/9/2001 
build to see if the most annoying sidebar bug was fixed (it was,) 
but then I found this was broken. The poster is correct that this is NOT a
duplicate of 68054, and it is not fixed.

Comment 6

[Jesse Ruderman]

I was able to reproduce this bug by doing the following:
1. Open the sidebar and select the search panel.
2. From the search menu, set the search sidebar to advanced.
3. In the drop-down (initially set to "web"), select "mozilla".
4. Restart Mozilla.
 Result: drop-down takes up less horizontal space (enough to hold "mozilla")
5. Click on the drop-down again.
 Result: first click focuses the drop-down but doesn't make it drop down, 
second click depresses down-arrow (but still doesn't display the other options) 
and unfocuses the control.

I haven't figured out how to make it un-stuck, so I only tried this once.  Some 
of the steps I listed may be unnecessary for reproducing this bug.

Comment 7

[Jesse Ruderman]

I'm using 2001 021404 on Win98, by the way.

Comment 8

[Erich 'Ricky' Iseli]

Changing Severity to major. I don't think testing won't be possible (not a
blocker), since the plugins get installed in the web category by default. Adding
keyword regression since this worked with 0.7

Comment 9

[Erich 'Ricky' Iseli]

Adding keyword of dupe bug

Comment 10

[Erich 'Ricky' Iseli]

*** Bug 68099 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[Gilles Durys]

*** Bug 69193 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12

[Chris Charabaruk]

_basic: At least you get an error message. 2001021508 doesn't say anything at all.

Comment 13

[Fabian Guisset]

reassigning to hyatt. this has the same cause as bug 68138
nominating for 0.9

Comment 14

[Fabian Guisset]

this is fixed in build 2001022020 on win95 and linux (tested by Boris Zbarsky
and I). Can anyone confirm?

Comment 15

[Stephen P. Morse]

Works for me in winnt.

Comment 16

[Gilles Durys]

Same on win98

Comment 17

[Erich 'Ricky' Iseli]

Resolved fixed according to the latest comments

Comment 18

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass-verifying claudius' Fixed bugs which haven't changed since 2001.12.31.

if you think this particular bug is not fixed, please make sure of the following
before reopening:

a. retest with a *recent* trunk build.
b. query bugzilla to see if there's an existing, open bug (new, reopened,
assigned) that covers your issue.
c. if this does need to be reopened, make sure there are specific steps to
reproduce (unless already provided and up-to-date).

thanks!

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