82965 - No longer able to drop on statusbar to load url

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect, P3)

Description

[Blake Ross]

The fix for bug 43797 was partially incorrect.  Since the taskbar is no longer 
in the vbox with the drag handlers, you're no longer able to drop on it.  You 
should be able to; such behavior was by design.

Comment 1

[andreww]

cc'ing German. I have never heard of this feature and have no idea how it 
works.  Who's design?    Please describe what this (used) to be able to 
do.

Comment 2

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

In Mozilla previously you could, and in Internet Explorer for Windows you can, 
drop a link/shortcut/URL/whatever onto the status bar of the browser in order 
to load it.

Why? Because where the content area is dedicated to showing a plugin (like the 
QuickTime plugin, for example), the plugin eats a drop event. So you need lots 
of space other than the content area where you can drop an URL for it to load. 
You should be able to drop an URL onto the status bar, onto an omnipresent 
scrollbar (bug 72540), and (once we get one) onto the Address Bar (bug 49543).

Comment 3

[andreww]

Attachment: dff of status bar fix

Comment 4

[andreww]

r = kerz (over irc)

Comment 5

[Joe Hewitt (gone)]

sr=hewitt

Comment 6

[tor]

a=tor for trunk checkin

Comment 7

[andreww]

fix checked into trunk. 

Comment 8

[Claudius Gayle]

VERIFIED Fixed with 2001062104 builds