234819 - Close multiple tabs warning appears on original mozilla window, even when quitting from another window

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Anthony Lanni]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040116

         When multiple tabs are open and you attempt to close a window (either
with control-q/file=>quit, or alt-f4/window manager 'X' button), an alert dialog
box comes up warning that you are closing multiple tabs.  This is great.

         However, with more than one mozilla window is open - for instance, on
different workspaces -  select control-q or file=>quit. The alert dialog appears
on the first mozilla window to be opened (window #1), not the one through which
the quit command originated (window #2), even when it's on a different
workspace.  Selecting "Close all tabs" will close window #1 (and all its tabs),
and the same dialog will then appear on window #2.  You can then hit "Close all
tabs" and close that window.  Mozilla must then be restarted.

         Doing the same experiment with either Alt-F4 or the "X" close button at
the upper right corner results in the alert dialog appearing over window #2, and
only this window being closed.

          This behavior is new under GNOME 2.2/Metacity, I think because there
are two different window management "window hints" in motif, MWM_FUNC_QUIT_APP
and MWM_FUNC_CLOSE.  Control-Q is the shortcut for File->Quit, and activates the
MWM_FUNC_QUIT_APP, which closes the whole application; mozilla is reacting to
this by closing all the windows it has open, in the order that they were opened.

        On the other hand, Alt-F4 (or the "X" in the top right hand corner) is
MWM_FUNC_CLOSE, which is what initiates the expected behavior; just that window
is closed, unless it's the only window (or the parent window, like in The Gimp;
 in those cases the program is closed).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
  Case #1:
1.   Open mozilla window #1 on Workspace 1.  Open several tabs.
2.   Open mozilla window #2 on Workspace 2.  Open several tabs.
3.   Type Control-Q or click File=>Quit over window #2.

Case #2:
4.   Repeat steps 1 & 2, then type Alt-F4 or click on the "X" close window
button in the upper right corner of the window.
Actual Results:  
Case 1:       "Confirm Close" alert dialog appears on a different workspace,
over window #1.

Case 2:        The alert dialog appears on the current workspace, over window #2.

Expected Results:  
       "Confirm Close" alert dialog should appear over the window through which
the Control-Q/quit command is sent _first_; then cycle through remaining windows.

         I'm running Red Hat WS3, GNOME 2.2, using the default Metacity window
manager.

Comment 1

[Anthony Lanni]

        I should add that the two window hints in motif, MWM_FUNC_QUIT_APP
and MWM_FUNC_CLOSE, were present before; however, their function appears to have
been slightly modified (improved?).  AFAIK, there used to be some reliance on
each other, which has now been cleaned up to create two different functions.

thx
        anthony

Comment 2

[Wouter Beek]

This is a duplicate of 241152 (and 220385 and 221663 and 241152)

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 5

[Bryan Mason]

This is still an issue in Firefox 1.5.0.9 and 2.0.0.3.  Contrary to what Comment #2 says, the core of this issue is not really a duplicate of 220385.  If I'm reading 220385 correctly, that bug deals with multiple close all tab dialog boxes appearing.  The main complaint of this bug, however, is that the close all tab dialog box appears on a workspace which is not necessarily visible.  From the original description, "The alert dialog appears on the first mozilla window to be opened (window #1), not the one through which the quit command originated (window #2), even when it's on a different workspace."

Please consider reopening and addressing this bug.  Thanks.