273216 - local directory is not displayed at the account setting dialog

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect)

Description

[YAMAGUCHI Satoru]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041013 Camino/0.8+
Build Identifier: Thunderbird nightly version 0.6+ (20041204)

The "local directory" at the Server Settings is not displayed fully, which
prevents the user from editing the directory and pressing "Browse" button.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an account.
2. Go "Tools" -> "Account Settings"
3. Open "Server Settings" of the account (e.g. POP account)

Actual Results:  
The "Local Directory:" section is not fully displayed.

Expected Results:  
The "Local Directory:" section should be displayed fully, so that the user can
edit the directory setting and press "Brows" button.

Comment 1

[YAMAGUCHI Satoru]

Attachment: partly hidden panel

I attach a screen shot so that others can see what is the actual matter.

Comment 2

[YAMAGUCHI Satoru]

flagging for blocking-aviary1.0, as this bug prevents the user from accessing a
major setting element.

Comment 3

[Scott MacGregor]

this isn't blocked for me when I look at it on Mac OS X. I can see all of the
panel. 

Comment 4

[YAMAGUCHI Satoru]

Oops, I was testing the trunk build.

Now I am using the following:

Thunderbird nightly version 1.0 (20041204)

The same problem still happens. I also notice that other setting items aren't
displayed fully either (e.g. "Manage Identities" button).

Comment 5

[Scott MacGregor]

is it possible you are using a larger than normal font size or something?

I just created a POP3 account on my OS X machine and the account manager panels
all havae plenty of space to show all the data including the Server Settings
panel cited here in the scree shot.

Please note, localizers have the ability to make the dialog bigger for languages
that use larger fonts:

http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/mail/components/prefwindow/locale/AccountManager.dtd#24

They always have.

Also note: this dialog has the same size as the account manager in the mozilla
suite. We both use the same dialog, the same sizes. 

Comment 6

[Hiro]

Confirm.

I think that this problem is dependent on bug233781.
If workaround in the following comments is set up, I think that this problem
improves.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233781#c4


Mac OS X 10.3.6
thunderbird 1.0 release version

Comment 7

[YAMAGUCHI Satoru]

(In reply to comment #6)
> If workaround in the following comments is set up, I think that this problem
> improves.
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233781#c4

Yes, I think so, too. I'm now on Mac OS X 10.3.7 with the English environment where everything looks 
all right. So this problem must have the same root as the bug 233781.

This is particularly problematic when the Japanese users (or other locale users as well) want to use plain 
English Thunderbird on their own locales, sine some elements like this are not accessible from UI.

Comment 8

[Amoun]

Check this topic out.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=373921

Amoun

Comment 9

[Iavor Raytchev]

I have the same problem on Windows XP Professional (1.5.0.4 and 1.5.0.5) and I find it nearly a BLOCKER.

Comment 10

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Bug reports on Win-XP ;
 Bug 344247 : "Local Directory" and below is not accessible.
 Bug 379884 : OK and Cancel buttons only is not accessible.

To Scott MacGregor("Assigned To:" person of this bug) :
We should DUP Bug 344247 & Bug 379884 to this bug? Or we should keep them as different bug on MS Win?

Comment 12

[:aceman]

Is this still a problem? I think the Account manager panels are scrollable today so the Local Directory field can be exposed as needed. Is this problem on Mac OS only?

Comment 13

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

WFM on 13