452621 - only one back/forward history "recent pages" dropdown works if several on toolbars

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

20080826020557 Minefield/3.1a2pre on linux

steps:
 1. open new fx window
 2. use location bar to go to http://www.mozilla.org/
expected:
 back button enabled, dropdown enabled
results:
 back button enabled, dropdown remains disabled

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

(In reply to comment #0)
> steps:
>  1. open new fx window
>  2. use location bar to go to http://www.mozilla.org/

This assumes you have a home page that isn't about:blank, presumably?

I can't reproduce this - the dropdown is updated correctly for me.

Comment 2

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

> >  2. use location bar to go to http://www.mozilla.org/
> 
> This assumes you have a home page that isn't about:blank, presumably?

Anything that isn't http://www.mozilla.org/ should do; mine is about:

Turns out I have two back-forward-dropdown sets -- someone's stealthily added one in the hidden (or removed "Navigation Toolbar" where the dropdown works; and the one that doesn't work is on a "whateverbar". Toolbar customization appears to be broken (20080828020858 Minefield/3.1a2pre) so testing in another profile if the problem is the number of shistory dropdowns (likely I suppose) or the bar it sits on (less likely I suppose) is a bit challenging atm.

I don't know who put the back-forward-dropdown item on the hidden "Navigation Toolbar", but I guess it wasn't me since afair it's not possible to have more than one via the ui ;)

Looking at the screenshots of earlier cases where multiple back-forward-dropdown items have appeared, only one dropdown is enabled if any.

Comment 3

[Edward Kimble]

May be similar to bug 453088, "recent pages" doesn't work in spawned pages.