183790 - Advanced -> Quick Launch preference 'sticks' when changing profiles

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: QuickLaunch (AKA turbo mode), defect)

Description

[Mario Lia]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

If you have multiple profiles, and you change Advanced -> Quick Launch checkbox
in the preferences, this setting will take effect throughout all profiles. If
this is deemed a "feature" and not a bug, then this behavior should be noted
underneath the Quick Launch checkbox.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create multiple profiles
2. Use one profile, and check the Quick Launch checkbox
3. Close mozilla completely, and then go into the another profile
4. un-check the Quick Launch checkbox
5. Close mozilla completely, and then go into the original profile
6. You will see that the checkbox is now un-checked


Expected Results:  
I thought the setting of this checkbox would be on a per profile basis, instead
of a global basis.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

the panels itself doesn't belong to preferences.

AFAIK: You can't set if per profile basis since Mozila must place the
quicklaunch link in the autostart for that user.
It should work if you switch the logged in User , it doesn't make sense otherwise.

Comment 2

[Grace Bush]

agreed, setting the preference sets a registry key which will be in use for all
profiles
working as designed

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

-> invalid

Comment 4

[Grace Bush]

verified