260821 - Context (right-click) on bookmarks doesn't open context menu

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

seen on linux Firefox trunk build 2004-09-21-09-trunk

-Right click any bookmark in any view.

tested results:  no context menu appears

expected results:  the appropriate context menu appears

there is a workaround of sorts:  

-This workaround is easiest to reproduce on the right most bookmark in the
Bookmark toolbar. 
-Right click that bookmark, then move the cursor to the right of the bookmark on
the toolbar, then down to the place where the context menu is expected to
appear.  If done carefully(see note below), the context menu does does appear. 
note: If, after right click, you move the cursor into the content area of the
browser, the context menu will not appear. 

I haven't been able to workaround in the bookmarks sidebar or bookmarks manager

Comment 1

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

It's worse on Windows.  workaround doesn't work.
Mac is also broken, but is a little forgiving with cursor movement in the
toolbar workaround.

no platform works in bookmarks sidebar or manager.

Comment 2

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

This is also affecting Mozilla trunk builds.

It also affects tab context menus.

Comment 3

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

Using Mozilla 1.8a4
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8a4) Gecko/20040921,
I am getting weird behavior in the URL bar pulldown, not sure if it is related
to this bug or not. I am seeing the same strangeness on Windows XP.

Eventually the URL bar pulldown comes up, but there is a significant delay. On
the Mac, if you click on the arrow in the URL pulldown it just disappears - poof.

Comment 4

[Hermann Schwab]

1.8a4: 2004092010 is showing this bug on Win98,
wfm Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8a4) Gecko/20040918

same time frame:
Bug 260717 To: in Create Mail windows invisible

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

another observation (perhap related?) while using 2004092107-trunk on linux:
bring up the context menu (using mouse) fails to appear until the 3rd time I
[right-]click to bring it up for the following areas:

* location bar
* web content area
* tab widget
* textfields (chrome or web content)

very odd. would this be the same as this bug, or should it be filed separately?

just as Tracy reported, though, I'm unable to bring up the context menu at all
for items in the personal (bookmarks) toolbar, bookmarks sidebar (history is
fine) or bookmarks manager.

Comment 6

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

nominating, per Asa's comment on IRC. bzbarsky's comment in Bug 260717 indicates
that the context menu busted between the morning of the 19th and the morning of
the 20th.

Comment 7

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

oh, interesting: on linux (don't have windows to check atm), shift-f10 and the
context menu key fail to bring up the context menu --in either web content or
chrome (ie, textfields in chrome). related?

Comment 8

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

(In reply to comment #7)
> oh, interesting: on linux (don't have windows to check atm), shift-f10 and the
> context menu key fail to bring up the context menu --in either web content or
> chrome (ie, textfields in chrome). related?

although, oddly, this isn't a problem in mailnews or composer: the keyboard
shortcuts work there.

Comment 9

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> It's worse on Windows.  workaround doesn't work.
> Mac is also broken, but is a little forgiving with cursor movement in the
> toolbar workaround.
> 
> no platform works in bookmarks sidebar or manager.

Just as a point of reference, when I was testing on the Mac G5 I did
*eventually* get the context menus to come up, but only after a significant delay.

Comment 10

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

aaronl, see bug 68841 comment 120.

Comment 11

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

oh, the patch in bug 260657 seems to fix this one, according to the comments in
bug 68841.

Comment 12

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Fixed by checkin for bug 260657

Comment 13

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

verified with Windows firefox trunk build 2004-09-22-08-trunk

Comment 14

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

hrm, well shift-f10 and the context menu key still don't work on linux
(2004092206-trunk) and it doesn't consistently work on mac os x (ctrl+spacebar;
used 2004092205-trunk). (oddly, works fine for Asa on Windows.) should I open a
new bug for that, or reopen this?

Comment 15

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

(In reply to comment #14)
> hrm, well shift-f10 and the context menu key still don't work on linux
> (2004092206-trunk) and it doesn't consistently work on mac os x (ctrl+spacebar;
> used 2004092205-trunk). (oddly, works fine for Asa on Windows.) should I open a
> new bug for that, or reopen this?

actually, nevermind: see these issues in 8/19 bits (before bug 68841 was
implemented). so filed bug 261043 to cover that issue.