267748 - Can't use 'g' in search toolbar.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 199019

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Bill May]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10.1

If you use the G character in the search, it automatically brings up
view->sort by->Grouped by sort

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Type G in search bar.
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Message window sorted by group.

Expected Results:  
Allowed a G in search string.

Comment 1

[Bill May]

A bit more.  Searches will work normally (with the G) until you
do the first "sort by group".

Then, after that, any "G" will change it to sort by groups.

Comment 2

[Bill May]

Also, if you close the thunderbird window, without closing the app, this goes 
away.

So, steps to recreate:
1). Sort by groups. (View->sort by->Grouped by sort
2). start typing in search bar
3). Group by sort is activated when G is typed
4). This continues even after click on one of the sort by headings

Comment 3

[Scott Davey]

I have this problem, too.   It appears that the shortcut key command for "Group
By Sort" is "G" rather than "Apple-G" or "Ctrl-G", for example.   This does not
occur on the PC version of Thunderbird.

The other windows (message window and find window, for example) are unaffected.

Comment 4

[Abe Taha]

I also have this problem when typing "t". A workaround is to used shift-g, and
shift-T when searching in the quick search box

Comment 5

[Gregory Bond]

Often cant use " " or "c" or "r" either.... sometimes when typing in the quick search box, the keyboard 
focus is still (sort-of) back in the other windows and these keys are shortcuts to next or catchup or 
mark-as-read.

This also means you can accidentally mark a whole heap of email as read by typing into the 
quicksearch!

This bug is a duplicate of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245371 and 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275502 and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?
id=270052

[There are many, many other keyboard-focus-related bugs for Thunderbird under OS/X - this seems to 
be another manifestation of the same problem.  See e.g.
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275729
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256677
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273731
just to name a couple
]

Comment 6

[Albert Feller]

*** Bug 275502 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[markbwise]

This bug is definitely present in v. 1.0 running on Mac OS 10.3.8

Comment 8

[Brad Sandman]

Reproduced with TBird v1.0.2 on Mac OS X v10.2.8 in IMAP mode.

The quick search gets the keystrokes fine until the Message>Mark sub-menu 
(with 'R' or 'C') is displayed.  Alternately, using the G, R, C, J, etc. 
keys on a selected message then directs future keystrokes away from the 
quick-search box, even when it has focus.

Easy to reproduce for me.

Comment 9

[Nathan Rich]

I find this true for all single-keystroke shortcuts: f, n, t, b, p,m,r, c, j,... I would suggest that either all 
keyboard shortcuts require a modifier key (such as Shift) or that keyboard shortcuts are disabled when 
the Search field is active.

Comment 10

[zug_treno]

*** Bug 306696 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[Eric Perlman]

I agree, this is very similar if not identical to bug 306696, which I filed yesterday.  

A bit of extra info on this.  Yesterday after filing the bug report I uninstalled TB1.0.5, then installed 
TB1.0.6.  This seemed to fix the problem.  However today, after the computer was in "sleep" mode all 
night, the problem reared its head again, same symptoms as before.

Comment 12

[Eric Perlman]

One more piece of additional info I just found.  After filing last comment I quit TB, then started it again ... 
and the problem went away.  So, this may have to do with stale handles or something like that.  Either 
way, this may be a workaround for some.

Comment 13

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 199019 ***

Comment 14

[zug_treno]

*** Bug 309022 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***