269920 - Doesn't start minimized (per option in shortcut properties) after closing while maximized

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 220546

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[FK]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.78 (Windows NT 5.0; U) Opera 7.51  [en]
Build Identifier: version 0.9 (20041103)

In the shortcut of a program it's possible to specify "Minimized" as default (as 
oppossed to "Maximized" or "Normal". Thunderbird refuses to do this.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right click on the shortcut that starts Thunderbird.
2. Click properties.
3. Change the Run field to "Minimized"
4. Start Thunderbird.
Actual Results:  
Thunderbird starts up in "Normal" mode, that is visible on the screen.

Expected Results:  
It should run minimized on the taskbar.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

I think I see this same symptom with TB 1.0.2 -- I'm not completely sure, 
because when 1.0.2 starts up, it asks if it should make itself the default mail 
client, and that prompt might cause the main window to show at full size.

However: with TB 1.0+0515, which *is* the default mail client, starting with a 
shortcut that specifies Minimized Window does just that.  Reporter (FK) -- do 
you also see this working correctly with a current trunk build?


I do notice one slight problem: I am configured such that TB asks for two 
passwords on startup.  I get the prompt for the first password displayed OK, 
enter it, the mail is fetched; the second prompt is displayed, but the edit 
field for that window will not accept the focus, so I can't type into it.

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

No response from reporter  =>  WFM

Comment 3

[David]

I can verify.

If TB was maximized when it was last closed, it will restart maximized in 
disregard of the shortcut being set to "minimized." If it was minimized or 
just not maximized when it was last closed, it will obey the shortcut setting 
and start minimized.

This is nonstandard action for Windows. The bug should be reopened and fixed.

TB 1.0.6 (20050716)
XP SP2

Comment 4

[David]

My apologies. I have also verified this on TB 1.0+ (20050804), which I think was
Mike's question.

Comment 5

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #3)
> I can verify.
> 
> If TB was maximized when it was last closed, it will restart maximized in 
> disregard of the shortcut being set to "minimized." If it was minimized or 
> just not maximized when it was last closed, it will obey the shortcut setting 
> and start minimized.

Interesting.  Firefox 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.11 do the same thing.  It's not 
clear whether reporter had maximized the TB window before closing, but that now 
seems the most likely case.

> This is nonstandard action for Windows. The bug should be reopened and fixed.

Taking Microsoft Word as a model, you are correct: altho Word saves the 
'maximized' state for setting the window size on restart, it also causes the new 
instance to start minimized; then, clicking the taskbar icon (or right-click, 
Restore), the window opens to its maximized state.  And *then* if the Restore 
('normal window') widget is clicked, it reverts to the previous, unmaximized 
size and position.

Comment 6

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Also seen on Win98 with Firefox 1.0.4.

This is obviously a Core issue; I'm curious whether/how it might apply to Mac, 
Linux and other platforms.  If it's Windows-only, maybe it should be filed under 
Core :: Widget:Win32 (so, CC'ing Ian, who's the QA contact for that component).

Comment 7

[Miguel Delapaz]

This is a dup of bug 220546 (which seems to have lost focus recently...)

Comment 8

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Agree, it's a dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 220546 ***