131258 - Drag&Drop of Mailto link broken

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Daniel Kopko]

I used to have the ability to drop a mailto: link from my desktop into the
browser and have it pop up a new Compose Message window.  (I was doing this, by
the way, because I can't seem to get Mozilla to register as the default mail
handler.)  I remember being able to do this as recently as 0.9.8, so there must
be some regression...

Test Case:
1)  Make a mailto: link.  (Easiest way I can find to do this now is to drag a
link from the browser onto the desktop.  Right-click and select properties. 
Modify the URL field under the Web Document tab to be a mailto://username@host link)
2)  With a non-maximized navigator window, drag the mailto link from the desktop
into the view portion of the navigator window.
3)  Observe that it no longer brings up a new Compose Message window.

Comment 1

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

what version are you using?

Comment 2

[Daniel Kopko]

I'm using version 2002031403 (nightly build)...  (sorry, would've included this
info, thought it was automatically reported)

Comment 3

[Michael Gabriel]

so the problem is making mozilla your default mail handler
or creating the link ?
does any other mail app start up instead ?

Comment 4

[Daniel Kopko]

This seems to be fixed now.  I'm currently using build 2002071408.  The problem
was with dragging an internet shortcut to a mailto: URL into a Mozilla window
would not produce a new compose window.

Comment 5

[Michael Gabriel]

WFM 2002072514 and based on comment #4