1737608 - Add a Thunderbird test for correct operation of stacked modal dialogs

Status: NEW

(MailNews Core :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Kai Engert (:KaiE:)]

As Wayne rightly pointed out, it was unfortunate that we didn't have automated tests for confirming the correct behavior of the platform modal dialogs - because Thunderbird depends on that in multiple scenarios, while Firefox doesn't (apparently).

This bug suggests that we introduce an automated test, that uses one of the many failing scenarios from bug 1715740 (e.g. the spell checking one seems simple), and confirms that the window functions properly (can be closed) after opening and dismissing dialogs.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Too many bugs about the same issue. Aren't we tracking this in bug 1715740? The patch with the fix (D129353) is in a closed bug now, should probably be moved there. Anyway, you'll need a test before landing the fix so this bug is superfluous (see bug 1691171 comment 9)

Comment 2

[Kai Engert (:KaiE:)]

This bug here is for the Thunderbird component. The idea is to execute a scenario that opens multiple Thunderbird dialogs.

Bug 1691171 is for the Firefox component, and requests a test to be added to Firefox. I don't know yet how to execute that code path in Firefox, given the comments in that bug, which say that Firefox is using code differently.

Comment 3

[Kai Engert (:KaiE:)]

(In reply to Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] from comment #1)

The patch with the fix (D129353) is in a closed bug now, should probably be moved there.

I think that the backout patch for the mozilla repository must live in a bug for a Firefox component.

But bug 1715740 is for a Thunderbird component.