227719 - sidebar does not load in browser if Mozilla started with "-mail", custom sidebars lost

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: Sidebar, defect)

Description

[Moshe Yudkowsky]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031107 Debian/1.5-3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031107 Debian/1.5-3

When I start using "mozilla -mail", then all browswer window I open have a
completely missing sidebar. There's a blank column where the sidebar ought to
be, with the "Sidebar" heading.

If I start using "mozilla" alone the sidebar appears. However, all the custom
sidebars I have loaded are *gone*, and even listed anymore using the Sidebar's
"Tabs" dropdown menu. I.e., Tabs->Customize Sidebar no longer lists the sidebars
I had loaded (e.g., CSS and XSL sidebars).

Dataloss 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. "mozilla -mail" and mail window appears
2. "mozilla" to get a browser window, or use Window -> Navigator 
3. Browser window appears but without any data in Sidebar
4. Starting via "Sidebar" gets Sidebar back, but all custom tabs are gone.

Actual Results:  
Brower window did not have sidebar contents, just a column with the heading Sidebar.

Expected Results:  
Sidebar should have been filled and should have contained Bookmarks, History,
and custom sidebars. 

I am marking this as a "data loss" because recovering from this problem requires
that I go out and find the sidebars again and reload them.

Comment 1

[Moshe Yudkowsky]

The phrase "and even listed anymore" should read, "and not even listed anymore."

Under "Steps to Reproduce", line 4 should read:

"Starting via 'mozilla' gets Sidebar back, but all custom tabs are gone."

Please inform me if there any further typos...

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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