14191 - Hidden window shows up, bad things happen on close

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

When you close the last window, the hidden window shows up. If you close that,
then you loose all menu items (including Quit) and you can't exit the app.

Comment 1

[Dan M]

Just adding comments that most of the involved people know about.  The hidden window needs to be
made visible under the circumstances because of a problem with focus, and the hidden window can't
be moved offscreen because that makes a lot of dialogs disappear, too.  I could probably reasonably force
dialogs onscreen, which is something that wants doing someday, anyway.  But I'd be happier if we didn't
have to use the somewhat skanky trick of moving the hidden window offscreen where you can't see it.

Comment 2

[davidm]

Don't worry I have come up with an even skankier trick. Just make the window
very small;) I thought about adding a routine on the Mac do handle the menu
switching and focus giving wihtout making the window visible. I don't think it
can be done without a lot of hacking. I have verified that the dialog code
positions the dialog properly ( well on the screen. It really should be centered
on the screen rather than at 0,0 )

Comment 3

[leger]

elig...old bug...totally gone now...yes?

Comment 4

[Eli Goldberg]

Dr. sfraser, I've never seen this before. Might you care to verify it?

Comment 5

[Eli Goldberg]

Rubber-stamping as Verified/Fixed per sfraser. Thanks, Simon!