228065 - Any windows opened by a modal window inherit the modal state

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 170499

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[paul redmond]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7

Clicking on a hyperlink in a modal window (such as the About dialog) creates
windows that have the modal state.  Even windows created by the new window
inherit the modal state (ie by clicking on File->New Window.)  These windows
should have the normal state behaviour.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a Firebird window (W1)
2. click Help->About Mozilla Firebird in W1 to open the About Mozilla Firebird
dialog.
3. click Copyright and contributor information in the About Mozilla Firebird
dialog (will open new window W2.)
4. try to click on W1 or the About dialog (you can't)
5. in W2 click File->New Window to open a new window (W3)
6. try to click on W1 or W2 or About (you can't)
7. etc
Actual Results:  
All child windows inherit the "modal" window property incorrectly.

Expected Results:  
The newly opened windows should be independently opened without the modal property.

Comment 1

[Steffen Wilberg]

The "about dialog weirdness" was fixed in October.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 170499 ***