1614186 - Allow use of native Application Chooser to be pref controlled

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, enhancement)

Description

[Ian Neal]

At the moment nsHelperAppDlg forces you to use the native application chooser if it is there, we should make it pref controlled with the default to be true.

Comment 1

[Ian Neal]

Attachment: pref control app chooser

[Approval Request Comment]
Regression caused by (bug #): n/a
User impact if declined: forced to use native app chooser
Testing completed (on m-c, etc.): 2.53.x
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): none
String changes made by this patch: none

Comment 2

[Ian Neal]

Attachment: Expose pref and use in pref-applications

[Approval Request Comment]
Regression caused by (bug #): n/a
User impact if declined: change has to be made in about:config
Testing completed (on m-c, etc.): 2.53.2
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): none
String changes made by this patch: label and accesskey for pref pane and associated help

Comment 3

[Ian Neal]

Attachment: Expose pref and use in pref-applications v1.1

Switch to use XP_LINUX instead as suggested

Comment 4

[Ian Neal]

Comment on attachment 9125326 [details] [diff] [review]
pref control app chooser

[Triage Comment]
r/a=frg over IRC

Comment 5

[Ian Neal]

Comment on attachment 9127064 [details] [diff] [review]
Expose pref and use in pref-applications v1.1

[Triage Comment]
r/a=frg over IRC

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/5eae61097a7e
Allow use of native Application Chooser to be pref controlled - expose pref part. r=frg DONTBUILD

Comment 7

[Ian Neal]

Comm part only pushed to comm-central:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/5eae61097a7e9ede09c2151df88eeaf6edb77ae7
Everything pushed to 2.53 and 2.57 SM repos.