Closed Bug 164186 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Remember states in preferences

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Preferences
Platform:
PowerPC
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 77855

People

(Reporter: nikd, Assigned: bugs)

Details

Whenever one wants to adjust fonts and font sizes, one has to go into prefs (1) and actively select Appearence (2) and then Fonts (3), since default is to always expand Navigator and collapse the rest. To apply changes, one has to press the OK button (4). If one wants to adjust some more, one must repeat the entire chain described. Ideally, Mozilla should remember the activity in the preferences and also which sections are expanded and collapsed respectively. Finally, there should be an Apply button to immediately commit to canges without closing the window, so that one can fine-tweak the settings. The current procedure is not only dog slow, it is also very repetitive and unsmart in nature.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 42339 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Reopening. Bug 42339 takes care of the apply button, but does NOT cover state memory in preferences. BOTH are needed. Whenever I open preferences, the section Navigator is expanded and the rest collapsed. This is the least used category of all. I want Mozilla to remember what sections are expanded and collapsed, which subsection I last visited and subsequently take me there at once. That is, if I have Navigator collapsed, Advanced expanded, Provacy & Security expanded amd last vistied Cookies, Mozilla should take me to Cookies, have Navigator collapsed, Advanced expanded and Privacy & Security expanded when I go to preferences again. The current approach is an old and very bad Netscape Navigator behavior that has somehow been migrated into Mozilla. Mozilla should NOT assume that the most frequent thing I do in preferences is to change the home page.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Summary: Remember states in preferences and implement an Apply button → Remember states in preferences
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 77855 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago → 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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