142445 - Themes won't be applied

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 134039

(SeaMonkey :: Themes, defect)

Description

[Asbjørn Ulsberg]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0rc1)
Gecko/20020417
BuildID:    2002041711

Whenever I try to apply another theme than the standard default 'classic', it
just won't. I get no error message, but there's a difference between v1.0 RC1
and earlier versions in that now you have to restart the browser for the skin to
get applied. That's wierd, and not an improvement imho.

I haven't yet restarted my computer after the installation (nor did the
installation tell me to), but the bug might go away when I do. Though should you
probably know about it, so you can fix it in later versions. :)

Best regards,
Asbjørn Ulsberg
[e-mail]

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to apply a theme
2. The theme doesn't get applied, even when the browser is restarted (which you
didn't have to do in earlier versions).

Actual Results:  The theme doesn't get applied to the browser.

Expected Results:  Mozilla should have applied the theme, of course. ;)

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Do you use quicklaunch ?
Have you installed the correct skin version (a working RC1 Skin) ?

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

via email :

Yes. I researched a bit, and found out that when I disabled
quicklaunch (or restarted it) and then restarted Mozilla after
changing theme, the theme did infact change.

So it seems that the quicklaunch "holds on" to the preferencenses,
hence also the theme-selection. A bug or not, this should be
corrected somehow and some day.

The best thing would be if the theme changed instantly, the second
you chose a new one.



Thanks for your answer !

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 134039 ***