1991417 - Can't write new messages if the Folder pane is empty

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[el8]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Enable "Unread Folders" in the Folder pane by clicking on "View > Folders > Unread Folders".
2. Disable "All Folders" in the Folder pane by clicking on "View > Folders > All Folders". The pane should now be empty.
3. Click anywhere in the Folder pane area.
4. Press Ctrl+m.

Actual results:

Nothing happens.

Expected results:

New message window should have been opened.

Comment 1

[el8]

Sorry, I missed an important step:

0. Make sure that in the Folder pane you have the cursor on the root item (blue letter icon on the left and the account name on the right) of an e-mail account.

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

An error occurred executing the cmd_newMessage command: TypeError: can't access property "isSynthetic", gViewWrapper is null globalOverlay.js:102:13
    goDoCommand chrome://messenger/content/globalOverlay.js:102
    oncommand chrome://messenger/content/messenger.xhtml:1

Comment 3

[el8]

FWIW, just found out that if the Folder pane is empty, TB also fails to show notifications (alert/system/tray) when new messages arrive.

Comment 4

[Hartmut Welpmann [:welpy-cw]]

Attachment: Bug 1991417 - Fix cmd_newMessage for empty folder pane. r=mkmelin

Comment 5

[Hartmut Welpmann [:welpy-cw]]

Attachment: Bug 1991417 - Prevent extension errors on cmd_newMessage with empty folder pane. r=john.bieling

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/131ae901e5b7
Fix cmd_newMessage for empty folder pane. r=mkmelin

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/28c7d645a197
Prevent extension errors on cmd_newMessage with empty folder pane. r=john.bieling