257589 - If Download manager is last window then firefox is locked

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 240696

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Henrik Lynggaard Hansen]

This is a usability issue with the download manager. If you close all windows
besides the download progress window the application is "locked" until the
download finishes, since there is no way to open a new window.

Steps
1. Start firefox
2. Start a lenghty dowload and have the download progress (manager window) appear
3. Close the browser window.
4. Realize you need to continue browsing and try to open a window.

Excepted result:
Some easy identifyable way of opening a new window

Actual result:
1. CTRL+N does not work from download manager window.
2. starting a new firefox session e.g. by desktop icon results in a locked
profile dialog.

3. Found no workaround, only solutions are Wait for download,Cancel download,
use alternative browser during download.

Comment 1

[Henrik Lynggaard Hansen]

Requesting blocking 1.0:

* It should be an easy fix to add a acesskey or button or something.
* It is highly annoying with long downloads.
* It is something that happens often (at leat to me), that I fail to realize
that it is the last window im closing. 

Comment 2

[Bill Mason]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 228615 ***

Comment 3

[Bill Mason]

Ooops.  My bad.  I duped this to a related but Mac-only bug issue.

Comment 4

[Bill Mason]

Duping to correct bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 240696 ***