Closed Bug 245206 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Menus are nonfunctional when Downloads window has focus

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Downloads API
Platform:
PowerPC
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 239218
Milestone:
mozilla1.8final

People

(Reporter: gdunham, Assigned: bugs)

References

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8

Choosing "Preferences..." from the Firefox application menu (or using the cmd-,
keyboard shortcut) when the "Downloads" window is in focus does not bring up the
Preferences dialog even though the menu item is active. Clicking the Preferences
button at the bottom of the Downloads window does bring up the download
Preferences correctly. This issue only occurs when the Downloads window is
active and in focus.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Choose "Downloads" from the "Tools" menu.
2. Choose "Preferences..." from the "Firefox" application menu.

Actual Results:  
Nothing happens. The Downloads window remains in focus.

Expected Results:  
The Preferences dialog should appear and come into focus.

Default theme.
In fact, no Firefox-Mac/20040529 menu items work when the Downloads window has
focus.
Assignee: firefox → bugs
Severity: normal → major
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Preferences → Download Manager
Ever confirmed: true
QA Contact: mconnor → aebrahim
Summary: Preferences dialog doesn't open when "Downloads" is the active window. → Menus are nonfunctional when Downloads window has focus
Setting blocking0.9? since the original reporter is on 0.8. To be honest, I'm
not sure if we should consider this a blocker for 0.9, but since it is kind of a
major problem, I'm setting blocking0.9? so that someone will look at it and make
the call.
Flags: blocking0.9?
See bug 227525, as it talks about this very issue in comment #1
This is a dup of bug 239218... deals with all tools (Download Manger, DOM
Inspector and JavaScript Console) all being non-functional...
this is a big ol' can of worms. 

not for 0.9.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Flags: blocking1.0mac+
Flags: blocking0.9?
Flags: blocking0.9-
*** Bug 246727 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Depends on: 249003
*** Bug 260353 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 264234 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 264013 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 267681 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 268301 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #1)
> In fact, no Firefox-Mac/20040529 menu items work when the Downloads window has
> focus.

I used to be able to get around this by putting the download manager into the
dock, with Firefox 1.0 this is no longer possible. If you don't have a browser
window visible there is now no possibility of opening a new window unless the
download manager is closed.
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041110
Firefox/1.0 (PowerBook)

Not only are the menus inaccessible, but the hotkeys for menu commands are as
well.  When the Downloads Manager has focus cmd-n will not create a new window,
cmd-o does nothing, cmd-m will not minimize it.

If the Downloads Manager is the only window open, the only two ways to create a
new browser window are to 1) close the downloads manager; or 2) send Firefox a
url to open from another application.
moving blocking1.0mac bugs to Firefox1.1 Target Milestone.
Target Milestone: --- → Firefox1.1
*** Bug 271126 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Blocks: 239218
*** Bug 270492 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
All windows really should have a menu on Mac OS X. If there's no menu, either
copy the parent window's menu, or use a default minimal menu that provides
access to Firefox->*, Window->*, and File->*
*** Bug 274720 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 228615 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 275407 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 275439 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
the workaround for this is:
1.) minimize the download window to the dock
2.) focus another application (such as finder)
3.) cmd+tab back to firefox (you cannot click the firefox icon on the dock)
4.) hit cmd+n to get a new window

this'll allow you to get a new window if you have no others open but the
download manager.  this probably trips me up at least once per day.  very
problematic.
*** Bug 279451 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 239218 ***
No longer blocks: 239218
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
No longer depends on: 249003
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Flags: blocking0.9-
Flags: blocking-aviary1.0mac+
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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