164680 - Cannot select messages or folders while creating filters

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 152140

(MailNews Core :: Filters, defect)

Description

[Felix Miata]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020722 (Mandrake
Cooker/9.0Beta4)

This seems to resemble Bug 112714, but that is marked fixed. The way I read that
bug, filters window should be modal. If modal is current expected behavior, then
this bug should be changed to RFE. Modal filter window blocks information
required to create/modify filters.

To reproduce:
1-Open mailnews
2-Select a message
3- -> Tools -> Message Filters
4-Begin to edit or create new filter
5-Click titlebar of mailnews window
6-Select a different folder to read; or select a different mail folder

Actual behavior:
1-Titlebar of mailnews window changes color to indicate active/focused
2-Filters window retains real focus, stays on top, seemingly modal
3-Selection of a different message or folder fails

Expected behavior:
1-Titlebar of mailnews window changes color to indicate active/focused
2-Filters window loses focus, goes to background
3-Mailnews window rises
4-Messages and folders are selectable as expected so that all appropriate
information to use in creating filters is readily available.

I tried recreate in W2K 2002072104 release 1.1b, but titlebar of mailnews never
gets color change to indicate active/focus until filter window is dismissed.

Comment 1

[Felix Miata]

I tested this also in OS/2 trunk 2002082608 and get the same inhibiting behavior
as in W2K build.

Comment 2

[Felix Miata]

Linux -> All

Comment 3

[Joe Infla]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 152140 ***