1260315 - Make modification of minimum/maximum zoom levels effective immediately in already opened windows

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[rsx11m]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1251874 +++

>+        after changing these values, they become effective only for
>+        <em>new</em> windows, not in the ones which are already open.</li>

(Quoting Philip Chee from bug 1251874 comment #10)
> (In reply to Ian Neal from bug 1251874 comment #9)
> > Comment on bug 1251874 attachment 8730390 [details] [diff] [review]
> > Proposed patch (v2)
> > 
> > Does Firefox have to restart for the new zoom min and max to take affect?
> AFAICT: Firefox needs a restart. It would be trivial to add a pref observer
> to our code but is out of the scope of this bug.

Note that this will also include updating the View > Zoom menu in all windows along with the zoomManager object (that's function registerZoomManager() in suite/common/viewZoomOverlay.js).

Comment 1

[rexyrexy2]

Should the target milestone for this be SeaMonkey2.45?

Comment 2

[rsx11m]

No, it's left open as it's unclear if and when this will be fixed.
Someone has to take the bug and provide a patch for review.