178173 - New window but no entry in task bar

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016

When you go to http://www.minorityreport.com/ and press ENTER you get a new
windows. It does not show up in the Windows task bar, nor is it accessible with
ALT+TAB. It is visible only in the Windows menu. This is extremely confusing and
closing a window might inexpectedly close all of them. One window is always in
front. So all of this is a mojor usability problem.

pi

Comment 1

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Still here in Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030114.

pi

Comment 2

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Attachment: testcase

Note that this problem shows up on windows, but not on Linux.

If you click on that bad link, a new window opens, completely covering the old
one. By no means you can switch between the windows. You can only minimize the
child to get to the parent.

In the window menu you see both, but you cannot switch to the parent window.

In the task bar only one shows up.

pi

Comment 3

[[e-mail]]

Well that is the idea of a dependent window...
not sure if content should be allowed to do this, though.

Comment 4

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Neil, there are some major problems here:

- There is no way to switch between windows, i.e., parent and dependent
(minimizing all other windows on your desctop is not a real option).

- Unintentionally closing the dependent window, which cannot be expected.

- It behaves differently on Win and Linux.

I don't think any of those effects should show up.

pi

Comment 5

[[e-mail]]

OK, but that's how the Find dialog works, and nobody's complained before ;-)

Comment 6

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Well, the find window behaves differently (and this would also be the solution
to this bug). The find window is always above the window to which it applies,
keeping that one inactive.

pi

Comment 7

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

pi, still see this?

Comment 8

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060414] (release) (W2Ksp4)
[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.12) Gecko/20070510 SeaMonkey/1.0.9] (release) (W2Ksp4)

Bug still there.

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090403 SeaMonkey/1.1.16] (release) (W2Ksp4)
[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a5pre) Gecko/20070515 SeaMonkey/1.5a] (nightly) (W2Ksp4)
[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20081212 Minefield/3.2a1pre] (nightly) (W2Ksp4)
[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090518 SeaMonkey/2.0b1pre] (experimental/_m-c_, home, optim default) (W2Ksp4)

Bug fixed: the new window is not 'dependent' anymore.
(As if comment 3 was "fixed"! Unless you consider the new behavior to be a bug?)

R.WorksForMe

Comment 9

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

I have never seen this situation anywhere else. The original site does not exist anymore. So be it.