136490 - no context menu for items in xul (outliner) formatted listings (file, ftp)

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

tested using 2002.04.09 comm bits on linux rh7.2, win2k and mac 10.1.3. context
menus no longer appear for items (files, folders) in XUL listings (ftp:// or
file:///).

0. to affect this mode for ftp, you'll need to turn on "XUL (tree-based)
directory listing format in the Debug > Networking pref panel.
1. go to an ftp site or view a local file listing.
2. right-click / attempt to bring up a context menu for a folder or file.

results: no context menu appears. get the following warning in the js console:

Warning: reference to undefined property this.onMetaDataItem
Source File: chrome://communicator/content/nsContextMenu.js
Line: 186

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

s/tree-based/outliner-based

Comment 2

[Alon Altman]

Confirmed Mozilla0.9.9/Linux.

This bug is important because you cannot copy the location of an FTP file (for
download acceleration, etc.).
Workaround for this problem: Start downloading and copy URL from the "saving
location" window.

Comment 3

[Bradley Baetz (:bbaetz)]

The html view is the default for everything but file:///, and this bug is not
present in in that html view.

Comment 4

[Martin Kutschker]

The XUL version is, or should be better, than the HTML version. XUL really is
better as a GUI :-)

Unfortunately not only the context menu (delete file, create/remove dir, etc) is
missing, but [sidenote] also stuff like a up-button (move up in the directory
hierarchy).

Comment 5

[Blake Ross]

Reassigning obsolete bugs to their respective Seamonkey owners (i.e. nobody). 
If you want this fixed for Firefox, change the Product and Component accordingly
and reassign back to me.

Comment 6

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Filter "spam" on "guifeatures-nobody-20080610".