188526 - Status bar cannot be restored if status=no was set by window.open

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 86758

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[TJ]

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 the status bar was turned off by default by window.open, it is impossible to
turn the status bar back on.  Even with the menu bar available.

This code opens a new window with no status bar and with a menu bar...
javascript: window.open ("about:", "", "status=no,menubar=yes");

If the normal visibility of the status bar is turned on, the
View->Show/Hide->Status Bar is still checked, even though the status bar is not
visible.

This seems to apply to all of the bars, not just the status bar.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Past 'javascript: window.open ("about:", "", "status=no,menubar=yes");' into
the Location bar.
2. Hit enter
3. Notice that View->Show/Hide->Status Bar is checked if your normal preference
is to have the Status Bar on.
4. Check and uncheck View->Show/Hide->Status Bar a few times.
Actual Results:  
The status bar remained hidden.

Expected Results:  
The status bar should appear when commanded.  The setting
View->Show/Hide->Status Bar should reflect the state of the window, not the
previous user preference.

This is Mozilla 1.2.1 on Windows 2000.  I've seen this with 1.2.1 on Windows XP,
as well.  I was using the modern theme on both operating systems.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 26353 ***

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

wrong bug. reopen.

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 86758 ***