228407 - focus problem for entering software security device password when using CTRL-ENTER to send messages

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 52436

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Micah Sherr]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208

This one is a hard one to explain, but I'll try my best.

When trying to send a message for the first time, Mozilla Mail prompts me for my
software security device password (I use S/MIME signing by default).  I'm a
keyboard user and don't like to toggle between the mouse and the keyboard.  So I
typically use CTRL-ENTER to send my messages rather than clicking on the send
button.  Unfortunately, the first time I send a message and hit CTRL-ENTER, the
software security device password prompt is under the "Sending Messages" popup
window, forcing me to use the mouse.  Strangly, if instead of using CTRL-ENTER
to send the message I decide to click on the send button, the security device
password prompt appears in the foreground.




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up S/MIME signing as your default preference.
2. Exit all Mozilla mail/browser windows.
3. Go to Mozilla mail, compose a short message, and hit CTRL-ENTER to send now.
 Note that the password box appears in the background, so you'll have to use
your mouse to get focus.

4. Now, exit all Mozilla mail/browser windows.  Restart Mozilla Mail.  Repeat
step 3, but instead of using CTRL-ENTER to send a message, click on the Send
button.  Notice that the password box now appears in the foreground.

Actual Results:  
After performing steps 1-3, the password box appeared in the background, forcing
me to toggle between the keyboard and the mouse.

Expected Results:  
To be consistent, Mozilla Mail should have presented the password box in the
foreground (i.e., in focus).  Doing so allows keyboard users to not have to go
searching for the mouse.

Comment 1

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 52436 ***