1280863 - popup permissions do not apply to containers and can't be changed to to the same value as default

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1280497

(Core :: DOM: Security, defect)

Description

[Flore Allemandou [:flore]]

Attachment: bug_popup.png

Context :
I tried using containers on a site I need at work to use several identities in the same browser. Works great until I click a link that opens a popup (OK the site is not so well coded and the popup is blocked by all browsers, nothing I can do about that).
In my default container, the pref is changed to "always". But in another container, the popup is blocked (not unexpected). The problem is: I can't change the pref to 'always' (apparently because it's already set to 'always').

Expected behaviour:
Either the containers follow the pref of the default container
Or pref can be adjusted for each container

I can't provide the URL I used to test this, but I'm sure any site with unwanted popup would do the job.

Comment 1

[Flore Allemandou [:flore]]

Attachment: bug_popup_2.png

Screenshot showing the icon indicating a blocked popup, with the menu which does not propose to allow the popups for this site

Comment 2

[Tim Huang[:timhuang]]

AFAICT, the permission is not segregated by the container at this moment. That's the reason why you cannot change permissions of a given site for containers. But I think we will separate site permission in the future.

Comment 3

[Tim Huang[:timhuang]]

Here, we should make the work container follows the default container.

Comment 4

[Tim Huang[:timhuang]]

I believe this issue is resolved by Bug 1280497. And I have tested this manually that containers follow the default container in terms of site permissions. And I've also tested that if we change the pop-up permission on the work container, the default container is going to follow this change.

Tanvi, Should we add a test case for this?

Comment 5

[Tanvi Vyas[:tanvi]]

Thanks for the report Flore!

Tim, yes we can add a test for this.  We can create a separate bug for that - can you file one?

For now, popup permissions are universal (across containers).  In the future, that may change.

Comment 6

[Tim Huang[:timhuang]]

The Bug 1282655 has been filed as the follow-up bug for the test case.