197137 - Replying to a threaded message sometimes replies to the wrong message in that thread

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[ngrover]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021203
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021203


If you have a collapsed thread and you double-click on the first message, that
message will be opened in a separate window. While that message view window is
open, if you expand the thread in the message list and then double-click on
another message in that thread, this message will replace the previous message
in the already open message view window. When you try to reply to this message,
the message compose window will be setup to reply to the message that was first
opened when the thread was still collapsed, not the message you're currently
viewing.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
(1) Organize your messages in threaded mode.
(2) Start with the thread collapsed.
(3) Double-click on the first message to open it in a separate message view window
(4) While that message view window is open, expand the thread in the message
list, and double-click on another message in the thread - this message will
replace the previous message in the already open message view window.
(5) Use Reply (Ctrl-R) or Reply-All (Shift-Ctrl-R) to reply to the message, and
the compose window that opens will quote the message at the top of the thread
(the message that was first opened when the thread was still collapsed) *not*
the message you're currently viewing.
Actual Results:  
The compose window that opens will reply to the message at the top of the thread
(the message that was first opened when the thread was still collapsed) *not*
the message you're currently viewing.

Expected Results:  
The compose window that opens should reply to the message that you're currently
viewing.

Comment 1

[ngrover]

If I expand the thread in the message list *before* opening any of the messages
for viewing, then the reply function will use the appropriate message (whichever
one I'm viewing at the time).

The trigger seems to be the expand/collapse state of the thread in the message
list *when the first message is opened for viewing*. If I start expanded, open a
message, then collapse the thread, the reply still works properly.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
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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.