651069 - Can not open about:* from about:about(start page of thunderbird)

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[baffclan]

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. set a start page "about:about"
# Options -> General -> Start Page Location
# set "about:about" in Miramar Start Page

2. restart thunderbird
3. about:about was opend
4. click "about:config" 

Actual Results:
apear downloads dialog

Expected Results:
about:config is open in thunderbird


if set Start Page "about:config", can edit it.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.2pre) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.3a4pre

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Anything in Tools -> Error console ?

Comment 2

[baffclan]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Anything in Tools -> Error console ?

Error: [Exception... "'JavaScript component does not have a method named: "onBeforeLinkTraversal"' when calling method: [nsIXULBrowserWindow::onBeforeLinkTraversal]"  nsresult: "0x80570030 (NS_ERROR_XPC_JSOBJECT_HAS_NO_FUNCTION_NAMED)"  location: "<unknown>"  data: no]


SeaMonkey has similar problem.
but he has Navigator, "about:*" opens in Navigator.

Comment 3

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

The start page in Thunderbird isn't really design for browsing - just for viewing a static page. If you want to view about pages, use an add-on such as ViewAbout.

All links should go to the browser, although about: is special and shouldn't really do anything.

Comment 4

[baffclan]

-> INVALID