19239 - [Regression] HTML compose pref not honored

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect, P3)

Description

[fenella]

Linux Redhat 6.0 (1999-11-18-08 M12)
win_nt 4.0 (1999-11-18-09 M12)

Suumary: [Regression]Account Settings's "Compose messages using html selection"
is disabled. The default of the compose window is HTML editor

Steps:
1. Launch Messenger using the -mail option
2. Select Edit|Account Settings
3. Single click on my account, de-select "compose message using html" from the
right pane

Actual result: When the compose window comes up, it is a HTML editor. compose
the mail and send. The received message is in HTML format.

Expected result: It should be a plain text editor

Additional observation: I exit and repeat all 3 steps, when I select "compose
message using html", click OK to close the Account Settings dialog and then open
it again, the selection (check-mark)of the "compose message using html" is not
displayed.

This occurs on Linux and Win_nt. Have not tried Mac yet.

Comment 1

[Alec Flett]

ok, this does not sound like the setting is disabled, it sounds like composition
settings broke again.

Also, the mail composition window comes up in the mode that corresponds to the
currently selected account. If you haven't selected an account, then it selects
the first account.

fenella, can you verify that you are opening the compose window with the right
account selected?

Comment 2

[Alec Flett]

*** Bug 19250 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Akkana Peck]

I'm seeing this, too, and I definitely have the right account selected.  Also,
if I open Account settings (with the right account selected), click to toggle
the html compose pref, dismiss account settings, then bring it back up, the box
is always unchecked regardless of how I attempted to set it, yet I always get
the html compose window (which would correspond with the box being checked).

Comment 4

[Ninoschka Baca]

On NT4 and Linux using the same builds as Fenella I noticed that Account
Settings never has the "Compose message using html" option selected, yet the
Compose window always displays the html toolbar no matter what account I have
selected. I've also verified that I have the account selected before selecting
the "New Message" button. I tried a migrated account, a new account, selected an
account that was already migrated, POP, IMAP. It seems like the html setting is
hard coded.

Comment 5

[Alec Flett]

argh. There was talk yesterday that some integer-based HTML widgets in prefs had
busted yesterday. I'm wondering if boolean-based HTML widgets are busted too.

Comment 6

[Alec Flett]

ok, fixed.

Comment 7

[Alec Flett]

(the problem was that text fields are now of type "Text" not "text" and
checkboxes are of type "Checkbox" not "checkbox")

Comment 8

[Ninoschka Baca]

Build 1999112208M12: Win/NT4, Linux/Redhat 6.0, Mac 8.5.1
Verified Fixed. The checkmark for "compose message using html" is behaving as
expected. When html is enabled then the checkmark is present. When it is
disabled then the checkmark is not there. Also sent plain and html messages
after making changes in Account Setup during the same session.

Comment 9

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

*** Bug 18973 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***