1404677 - Composition: Printing no subject in page header Title field

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #759039 +++

Bug #759039 seems to have fixed this pretty well for print *preview*, but direct printing is still showing problems.
Interestingly, these problems are now different than before. The difference is already seen in current release version 52.3.0 (32-bit) (so it's unlikely that this behaviour was changed/regressed by Bug #759039). Old behaviour of Bug #759039 quoted.

The overall behaviour is a bit messy and unpredictable/inconsistent:
* Direct Print from composition is different from Print Preview.
* Direct Print from composition does not match Page Setup.
* Print Preview is different from Print from Print Preview (Release only, so that seems fixed; at least print from print preview is same as direct print from composition).

Tested on
Daily: 57.0a1 (2017-09-19) (64-bit)
Release: 52.3.0 (32-bit)


STR

0 Page Setup: Left-Top: Title (default)
1 write new message, subject: "Old subject"
2 print (before autosave sets in, and do NOT use print preview), check Title (in page header of printout)
> -> Title is empty (bug: should be "Old subject")
52/57: Still empty.


3 save draft (Ctrl+S)
4 print, check Title
> -> Title = "Old subject" (ok)
52/57: Now empty.

5 change subject "New subject" (do *not* save draft after this)
6 print (before autosave sets in), check Title
> -> Title = "Old subject" (bug: should be "New subject")
52/57: Now empty (which is better than wrong title imho).

Actual Result
For the default case, we're still getting it wrong by design.
-> see STR above

Expected Result
-> print the correct (current) subject as Title in page header at *any* time, regardless of draft status (see STR above)

Bottom line: There's something we're getting right for Print Preview, but not for direct Print from composition.

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

(In reply to Thomas D. from comment #0)
> Expected Result
> -> print the correct (current) subject as Title in page header at *any*
> time, regardless of draft status (see STR above)

And if there's a non-empty <title> tag in HTML source, print that, as implemented for Print Preview in Bug #759039.

> Bottom line: There's something we're getting right for Print Preview, but
> not for direct Print from composition.