231824 - Bookmarks Toolbar can be deleted

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Tested with a new profile and build Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0;
en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040120 Firebird/0.8.0+

When I delete the bookmarks folder within the bookmarks manager the toolbar
isn't updated. Instead of an empty toolbar I always see all deleted entries.

Comment 1

[Jeff Walden [:Waldo]]

I've seen this in Linux and WinXP, so -->All/All.  Also not really a big 
problem, so changing to Minor.

This is probably a duplicate as this behavior is so old, but I haven't seen a 
bug for this anywhere.  What exactly should happen for this, anyways?  Should 
the toolbar for it just be made empty, or should it disappear as well?

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

It seams to appear in a fresh profile only. Within my current one I can't delete
this "Bookmarks Toolbar Folder". So something is wrong with new profiles. Jeff
how old is yours?

Because of your behavior question: I think it's the best when the delete button
is disabled and this folder can't be deleted. It's the same like in Seamonkey.
If you agree we have to change the summary into a better fitting text.

Comment 3

[Pierre Chanial]

uh... you're not supposed to be able to delete the bookmarks toolbar folder...
patch in a sec.

Comment 4

[Pierre Chanial]

fixed on branch and trunk.
Thanks !!!

Comment 5

[Ewok]

Dont suppose anyone wants to explain the reasoning behind this EXTREMELY poor
usability issue with forcing people to have this silly folder in their bookmarks
menu which they may never ever use and cannot delete (could delete it before but
it just comes back anyway)?  personally i know for a fact i will never, ever,
ever be using it, yet im stuck with this **** because you cannot remove
it....WHY?  there were loads of complains about it when this thing first
appeared and im not surprised.

I mean this is EXACTLY the sort of thing I expect from microsoft, NOT mozilla or
firebird.

Comment 6

[Jeff Walden [:Waldo]]

From comment 5:

"I mean this is EXACTLY the sort of thing I expect from microsoft, NOT mozilla or
firebird."

The Links folder, anyone?  (It does happen to be disableable, tho, with an
obscure registry hack.)

Also, in response to comment 2, I've never reused a profile in all the time I've
run Mozilla Firebird.  I always figured it was the easiest way to avoid
conflicts with certainty.

Comment 7

[Pierre Chanial]

ewok: there's no need to be rude to make your point.
You can hide the bookmarks toolbar folder in the browser toolbar via the
customize dialog. You can also rename the bookmarks toolbar folder and use it as
any regular folder.

Comment 8

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Changing Summary to better fit the problem.

Comment 9

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

WFM with build Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7a)
Gecko/20040124 Firebird/0.8.0+ (scragz)

-> Verified

Comment 10

[Wayne Woods]

Reopening. You can still delete the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder using control-x.
See bug 234089. I hope this is the correct way to handle this. Should I have
opened a new bug instead?

Comment 11

[Wayne Woods]

*** Bug 234089 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12

[Pierre Chanial]

Wayne: please open a new bug for that special case.

Comment 13

[Wayne Woods]

Apologies. I'll reclose this bug, un-dupe bug 234089 and restate its summary to
reflect the problem.

Comment 14

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs, filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change