1647758 - The Global Sharing Indicator window does not show any icon in the taskbar

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Site Permissions, defect, P3)

Description

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Attachment: GSI - no icon in taskbar.png

Note

• When the user engages in a WebRTC conference, allows the microphone and camera permissions, and then hovers over the browser's icon in the taskbar, he will notice that the opened browser windows are being shown and the Global Sharing Indicator window does not have an icon like the others.

Affected versions

• Nightly v79.0a1
• Beta v78.0 RC

Affected platforms

• Windows 10
• Windows 7

Preconditions

• Se the following precondidions:

1. privacy.webrtc.allowSilencingNotifications = true
2. privacy.webrtc.legacyGlobalIndicator = false

Steps to reproduce

1. Engage in a WebRTC conference.
2. Allow the microphone and camera permission door-hangers.
3. Hover over the browser's icon from the taskbar.

Expected result

• The Global Sharing Indicator window has a correct icon.

Actual result

• The Global Sharing Indicator window has a default icon.

Regression range

• This is a feature implementation issue.

Additional notes

• This issue does NOT occur on other OS types.

Comment 1

[Mathew Hodson]

This is a duplicate of bug 1646341

Comment 3

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

This issue still occurs in the following versions.

Maybe the generic screen-sharing icon seen in the tray could be used for this window (Global Sharing Overlay).