268840 - DDE topic WWW_OpenURL implementation broken

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Edward Leigh]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

The window ID specified in the DDE topic WWW_OpenURL is ignored in Firefox 1.0:
all URLs opened by another application are opened in accordance with the Tabbed
Browsing 'Open links from other applications in' preference.

Previously (and in all other DDE-compliant browsers), the window ID could be
used to specify whether a URL is opened in a new window/tab (ID = 0) or the
frontmost or last used window/tab (ID = -1).

WWW_OpenURL also does not activate the window in which the URL is opened.

The window ID is the 3rd parameter in the parameter string:
   "http://myurl./",,windowID,0,,,



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Open a bookmark using a third party bookmark manager that uses DDE to
communicate with the browser, e.g. Bookmark Buddy or URL Organizer 2
(urlorg.com/download.shtml).
Actual Results:  
New URL is always opened in accordance with the Tabbed Browsing 'Open links from
other applications in' preference, irrespective of the windowID used, and the
relevant window is not activated.

Expected Results:  
The default behavior for WWW_OpenURL should be as follows:
 - a windowID of 0 should open a URL in a new tab
 - a windowID of -1 should open a URL in the most recent tab
 - a windowID > 0 should open a URL in the corresponding tab*
Whichever window the URL is opened in should be activated.
 
The 'Open links from other applications' Tabbed Browsing options should be
changed to:
x Use new windows instead of new tabs
x Always open in: [a new tab] OR [a new window] OR [the most recent tab/window]

*This requires WWW_ListWindows to be implemented; see:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84363

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
bug reports that have not been confirmed by a second user after three months are
highly unlikely to be the source of a fix to the code.

While your input is very important to us, our resources are limited and so we
are asking for your help in focussing our efforts. If you can still reproduce
this problem in the latest version of the product (see below for how to obtain a
copy) or, for feature requests, if it's not present in the latest version and
you still believe we should implement it, please visit the URL of this bug
(given at the top of this mail) and add a comment to that effect, giving more
reproduction information if you have it.

If it is not a problem any longer, you need take no action. If this bug is not
changed in any way in the next two weeks, it will be automatically resolved.
Thank you for your help in this matter.

The latest beta releases can be obtained from:
Firefox:     http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
Thunderbird: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/releases/1.5beta1.html
Seamonkey:   http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.