175769 - Unchecking "use system colors" keeps system colors

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Coen Engelbarts]

[Sorry if this is a duplicate, but the first submit seems to have failed]

Checking preferences->appearance->colors->"use system colors" uses Mozilla's
colors in stead of the document colors.

After UNChecking preferences->appearance->colors->"use system colors", Moz still
 uses Mozilla's colors in stead of the document colors.
(Also, after a change in these preferences, an automatic page reload would be nice)

Reloading the page and restarting Moz did not help
I manually edited prefs.js and changed
  user_pref("browser.display.use_document_colors", false);
into
  user_pref("browser.display.use_document_colors", true);
After restarting MOZ I got the document colors back.

Also, I see an empty block for "When a page provides its own colors and
background", i.e. there no preferences to set in the box. I  don't know if
that's related or a separate bug.

Comment 1

[Wesha]

Please use Bugzilla helper to report bugs: 

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided

Did you install a new ersion of Mozilla over previous one?
Try closing Mozilla and deleting components/compreg.dat in Mozilla directory.
Does Javascript console show you any errors after you try to check and uncheck
that option? (Tools -> Web Development -> JavaScript Console)

Comment 2

[Coen Engelbarts]

> Did you install a new ersion of Mozilla over previous one?

Yes, I installed 1.1 over 1.0.

> Try closing Mozilla and deleting components/compreg.dat in 
> Mozilla directory.

I stopped Mozilla and deleted "C:\Program
Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\components\compreg.dat". I still see system colors,
also after checking and unchecking the option. No errors in the Javascript
console. prefs.js still says "user_pref("browser.display.use_document_colors",
false);"

I repeated that, AND re-installed 1.1 (I was not sure if you meant that). Still
using system colors, also after checking and unchecking the option. No errors in
the Javascript console.

> Does Javascript console show you any errors after you try to 
> check and uncheck
> that option? (Tools -> Web Development -> JavaScript Console)

No errors in the Javascript console.

Perhaps this is relevant (I'm grasping at straws here):
There are several preferences that seem to be missing, and show an empty box:
Appearance->Fonts->"When a web page provides its own colors and background" just
shows an empty box of minimal height.
Navigator->"When Navigator starts up, display" shows an empty box of the same
height as the "default browser" box.
Navigator->Internet Search->"Sidebar search Tab Preference" just shows an empty
box of minimal height.
Navigator->Downloads"When starting a download" just shows an empty box of
minimal height.
Privacy & Security->Images"When starting a download" just shows an empty box of
minimal height.
Offline & Disk Space->"Offline" shows a box with 2 texts "When going online:"
and "When going offline:", but nothing else.
I'm pretty sure that at least most of this used to work, but I'm not sure if the
1.1. install changed it.

(Also, after installing 1.2 I tried many many themes, settling for "SlickZilla
1.0".)

I hope this is useful info.

Comment 3

[Coen Engelbarts]

> Also, after installing 1.2 ...

Sorry, that must be 1.1.

Comment 4

[Coen Engelbarts]

I feel like an utter newbie here, not knowing XML/Java, but these errors
appeared in the Javascript console. AFAIK they appeared while I entered comments
in BugZilla, but I can't be sure and AFAICT they might be local errors. Better
look like a silly newbie than risk omitting debug info:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER) [nsIXULChromeRegistry.isSkinSelected]" 
nsresult: "0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://communicator/content/pref/pref-themes.js :: Startup :: line 76"  data: no]

and under that (Last->First sort order), 7 times:
Error: val has no properties
Source File: chrome://global/content/bindings/radio.xml#radiogroup.selectedItem
(setter)
Line: 5

Comment 5

[Wesha]

1. Might be theme incompatibility issue. Some themes are not (yet) compatible
with 1.2b. Please check compatibility notes at the page you DLed your theme from.

2. The "uncaught exception" error usually means some problem in compreg.dat
file; however you said you deleted it...

here's what to do (since you already installed and uninstalled Mozilla a few
times, hope you won't mind):

1) Uninstall Mozilla using Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs
2) Erase "C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla" directory altogether
3) Install Mozilla 1.2b (DO NOT install themes)
4) Run Profile Manager and create a new profile.
5) Launch Mozilla with this new profile. Did the problem disappear?
6) Try your old profile. Is the problem still there?
7) Install your desired theme. Did the problem appear again?

Comment 6

[Coen Engelbarts]

> 1. Might be theme incompatibility issue. Some themes are not 
> (yet) compatible
> with 1.2b. Please check compatibility notes at the page you 
> DLed your theme from.

> here's what to do (since you already installed and 
> uninstalled Mozilla a few
> times, hope you won't mind):

> 3) Install Mozilla 1.2b (DO NOT install themes)

I don't mind re-installing Mozilla a few times, but I run Moz 1.1, i.e. I don't
(normally) run beta versions.
Perhaps you overlooked the fact that I run 1.1 and not 1.2b?
Oops, apparently I did not set the "target milestone"... :-{ I'll set it to "1.1
final".

If it's neccessary/convenient to find the bug, I will install 1.2b. Please
confirm this.

Comment 7

[Wesha]

1. You said (near the end of comment 2): 

> Also, after installing 1.2 I tried many many themes, settling for "SlickZilla
1.0".)

I thought you were referring to Mozilla 1.2b, since 1.2release is not out yet.

2. Target Milestone is entirely different thing, to be used by the staff only.

Would you please try erasing the file named XUL.mfl in your profile directory?
If that doesn't work, proceed to installing 1.2b according to the steps in
comment 5 (optionally, you can skip to step 3 but install Mozilla to a different
directory, like c:\program files\mozilla.org\mozillaTEST, this way you can
uninstall 1.2b only and thus return to 1.1) 1.2b has a good number of older bugs
fixed.

Comment 8

[Wesha]

Also, please take a look at the bug 90081, bug 67769. Do they look any similar
to yours?

Comment 9

[Coen Engelbarts]

Hi,

I finally installed version 1.2.1, and it seems that the color problem, and all
other problems that I mentioned, are solved. More precisely:
- installing 1.2.1 over 1.1 did not solve anything
- de-installing 1.1, manually removing the program and settings folders, and
then installing 1.2.1 solved the problem.

The only problem that I can not check is:
"Privacy & Security->Images"When starting a download" just shows an empty box of
minimal height."
There is no "Privacy & Security->Images" setting, at least not in 1.2.1. Perhaps
I made a mistake when typing this.

I still don't know if the problem was caused by installing 1.1 over 1.0, or
perhaps by some theme. AFAICT it's not a problem in 1.2.1. Feel free to
close/reject the bug report.

Please note: I'm not 100% sure if my despammed.com account still works, but I'll
check this site for updates.