181590 - Keyboard shortcuts do not work when launching with an existing window open or quicklaunch running.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[Aaron Zabudsky]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021122
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021122

When starting the browser from a Windows shortcut with an instance of Mozilla
already running, keyboard shortcuts initially do not work (e.g. CTRL+L, ALT keys
to access the menus). (e.g. An instance of Mozilla.exe is running if an existing
browser window is open or if the QuickLaunch icon is displayed in the Windows
system tray.)

If you click somewhere in the body of the browser window or on the address box,
then the hotkeys will work. You can also use Alt+Tab and switch away and switch
back to the window, and then the hotkeys will work normally.

The problem occurs whenever mozilla.exe is launched by Windows and there is
already a mozilla.exe task running. (I've reproduced this problem clicking
Shortcuts to mozilla on the Windows Desktop, the "Windows QuickLaunch" shortcut
menu, the Start Menu, the mozilla.exe program file and an HTML file... But these
are all basically the same case, launching the EXE when an instance is already
running).

If Mozilla.exe is not running and you launch the browser, then the hotkeys will
work fine. Hotkeys also work normally when using the QuickLaunch->Navigator
function or the "New Browser Window (CTRL+N)" menu item to launch a new browser
window. Launching Mail from a shortcut with the -mail command-line does not have
this problem, only the browser component is affected.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Mozilla Window.
2. Launch second Mozilla Window by double-clicking Mozilla.exe using Windows
Explorer.
Actual Results:  
New window that appears in step 2 doesn't accept keyboard input until you click it.

Expected Results:  
Hotkeys should always work, regardless of how the application was launched.

Reproduced the problem on Windows 2000 and ME with both Classic and Modern
Themes, tested builds 2002112208 and 2002101612.

Comment 1

[Aaron Zabudsky]

This problem was initially reported in Bug: 170683... Sorry for the duplication.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.