268021 - The options window will be stuck on one panel unless closed and re-opened

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Menus, defect)

Description

[Brad Bice]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2

Upon initial opening of the Options window, I can't switch to different panels
within it without closing the entire window and opening it once again. From then
on it works fine.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Initially open Firefox
2.Tools > Options
3.Try to switch to a different panel by clicking on the side icons

Actual Results:  
Nothing, the panel won't change

Expected Results:  
Switched to a different panel

Comment 1

[Vlad Beffa]

I have also observed this behavior. It is still present in version 1.0. However,
I cannot reproduce it consistently. If I restart Firefox and open the Options
dialog, switching between panels works. The problem seems to be when I have
multiple tabs or windows open and I have been browsing for a while. Closing and
reopening the Options dialog fixes it. Also, upon reopening the dialog, the
panel I had previously clicked on is now shown.

From the About screen: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5)
Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Comment 2

[Matthew Lock]

I also get this problem on my home computer, but not my wrok computer. I still
get it on 1.0 too.

Comment 3

[William Bumgarner [:zsinj]]

Please use a recent version of Firefox, available at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/, and report back with your results in relation to this bug report. (bug cleaning)

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode