22952 - changing link color prefs has no effect

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 21160

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, defect, P2)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

selecting a different color for visited and unvisited links has no effect. this
occurred using 2000010308 on linux and mac. to repro:

1. go to Preferences > Appearance > Color
2. select a color other than blue for unvisited links
3. select a color other than purple for visited links
4. click OK to leave Prefs

expected: after leaving Prefs, the navigator page should be redrawn such that
links have the new color prefs (and the prefs.js should be updated as well).

result: although the prefs.js was updated to have the new color change, the
change never appeared in a webpage (even after reloading current page or going
to another one).

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

another side effect of this bug: when i decide to change the link color prefs
back to the default purple and blue (visited/unvisited, respectively), somehow
the visited links remain blue (instead of switching to purple). odd.

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

getting rid of the parity label in the summary 'coz this might also be an issue
for windows --unknown as yet due to bug 21160.

Comment 3

[don]

Moved out to M15 since this is not a beta 1 requirement.

Comment 4

[leger]

Bulk move of all Pref UI component bugs to new Preferences component.  Pref UI 
component will be deleted.

Comment 5

[don]

Move to M16 for now ...

Comment 6

[verah (gone)]

Reassigning for Don

Comment 7

[leger]

Does 4.x reload the page?  If the user reloads on Seamonkey, do the prefs work? 
  Or do you have to restart the app?

Comment 8

[Kathleen :Brade]

On Mac 4.73, changing your color preferences does cause the current page(s) to be 
reloaded/re-rendered with the appropriate colors.

Comment 9

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

y'know, this really sounds like a dup of bug 21160, the more i think about it...
let me know why, if otherwise.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 21160 ***

Comment 10

[Blake Ross]

sounds like a dup to me too (verif.)