1636350 - Unchecking Option for Start Page prevents Folder Pane state being restored

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[custom.firefox.lady [:tawn]]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create 2 email accounts
2. Options > General > Uncheck the option for the Thunderbird Start Page
3. Set View > Folders > Unified
4. In Folder Pane click (unified) Inbox
5. Close Thunderbird
6. Open Thunderbird

Actual results:

The first email account under the Inbox dropdown is selected.

Expected results:

The selection should have been restored to the Inbox

Comment 1

[custom.firefox.lady [:tawn]]

Was broken on 76b3 (and possibly prior) as well. Works as expected on Release (68.8.0)
Workaround: Instead of unchecking option for the Thunderbird Start Page, change its location to about:blank.

Comment 2

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Because this bug's Severity is normal and has not been changed, and this bug's priority is -- (none,) indicating it has has not been previously triaged, the bug's Severity is being updated to -- (default, untriaged.)

Comment 4

[Alex Ihrig [:Thunderbird_Mail_DE]]

I can confirm this bug still in 78.2.0 pre-build.

Comment 6

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Should be resolved now in Thunderbird 78.2.2 with bug 1629522.

Comment 7

[Alex Ihrig [:Thunderbird_Mail_DE]]

I can confirm, that it is resolved fixed now (by Bug 1629522) in 78.2.2