214436 - allow multiple instances (on the same/ multiple toolbars) of icons

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, enhancement)

Description

[Rakhesh Sasidharan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030728 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030728 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1

If all icons in the Customize screen behaved like Separator, Space, and Flexible
Space, then if one drags icons to a toolbar, only a copy should be dragged and
the original would remain on the Customize screen. 

This would allow multiple instances (on the same/ multiple toolbars) of icons. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

I don't see the need and think this a WONTFIX, but perhaps some developers think
otherwise. Confirming for developer review.

Comment 2

[Rakhesh Sasidharan]

There is no urgent need for such a feature. But I think it *could* be useful to
 have multiple instances of some icons. 

I for one felt such a need when I tried to have two instances of the New Tab
icon. I found that sometimes my hand automatically went to one section of the
screen (hoping the icon was there), and at other times went automatically to
another section. So I tried creating two copies of the New Tab button, and
realized that wasn't possible. (Had assumed that all multiple instances of all
icons was possible.)

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

Ctrl+dragging gives a "copy" mouse cursor on WinXP, but it still moves the
toolbar button instead of copying.

Comment 4

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

This would add unnecessary complexity to the implementation, for dubious benefit.