232988 - control-N which usually open new browser window use for data-destroying sort command

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 209355

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Daniel B.]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

In other major, non-modal windows such as browser and mail windows, 
control-N opens a new browser window.

However, in the bookmarks window, control-N does not open a new 
browser window.  Instead, it sorts some bookmarks.  

A common keystroke like that should work consistently in most major
windows.  (The bookmarks window is a major window in the sense that
you might leave it open to open other windows from its contents.)

Additionally, where a common keystroke like that isn't actually used
for the same function, it should at least not be used for a command 
that destroys information (sorting destroys the previous state of the 
list).

This is a regression with respect to Netscape 4.x.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 209355 ***

Comment 2

[Daniel B.]

This is not a duplicate of 209355.  This one says that Control-N
should be available from all (major) windows.  209355 does not
say that.  Therefore, they are not duplicates.