1753887 - macOS application support to handle mid: URL scheme

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: OS Integration, defect)

Description

Steps to reproduce:

Try to open a mid: URL in Thunderbird, i.e., executed open -a /Applications/Thunderbird.app mid:<message-id>.

Actual results:

Thunderbird opened but did not display the correct message.

Expected results:

Now that Thunderbird has support for the mid: URL scheme (bug 264270), it would be great if the macOS Thunderbird application can register with the operating system as being able to handle that URL scheme. That would allow a mid: URL to be opened from elsewhere in macOS, and Thunderbird open to display the correct email message.

Comment 1

[Ping Chen [:rnons] (away)]

/Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird mid:<message-id> seems to work for me.

Comment 2

[Steve C]

(In reply to Ping Chen (:rnons) from comment #1)

/Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird mid:<message-id> seems to work for me.

Yes, that works fine. However, Thunderbird does not tell macOS that it can handle the mid: URL scheme, and so neither open -a /Applications/Thunderbird.app mid:<message-id>, nor open mid:<message-id>, nor clicking a mid:<message-id> from, say, where I put it in my TODO application, will open the correct message in Thunderbird.

Comment 3

[Steve C]

Actually, I'm changing this from an enhancement request to a defect: I see that Thunderbird is setting itself as the default handler for the mid protocol (see nsMacShellService.cpp). Indeed, when I click a mid:<message-id> link or execute open mid:<message-id>, Thunderbird will open.

However, it is failing to correctly handle the open URL requests that it receives from macOS: it does not open the specified message.

Comment 4

[Ping Chen [:rnons] (away)]

Attachment: Bug 1753887 - Fix opening mid url on macOS by dropping the -url flag. r=mkmelin

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/c1f09dc7c6c2
Fix opening mid url on macOS by dropping the -url flag. r=mkmelin

Comment 6

[Ping Chen [:rnons] (away)]

Comment on attachment 9263688 [details]
Bug 1753887 - Fix opening mid url on macOS by dropping the -url flag. r=mkmelin

[Approval Request Comment]
Regression caused by (bug #):
User impact if declined: Open mid: url from browser or open cli doesn't work on macOS .
Testing completed (on c-c, etc.): c-c
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): low

Comment 7

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Comment on attachment 9263688 [details]
Bug 1753887 - Fix opening mid url on macOS by dropping the -url flag. r=mkmelin

[Triage Comment]
Approved for beta

Comment 8

[Rob Lemley [:rjl]]

Thunderbird 98.0b3:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-beta/rev/c046cfdc48e9

Comment 9

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Comment on attachment 9263688 [details]
Bug 1753887 - Fix opening mid url on macOS by dropping the -url flag. r=mkmelin

[Triage Comment]
Approved for esr91

Comment 10

[Rob Lemley [:rjl]]

Thunderbird 91.8.0:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-esr91/rev/19b7b575ed13