273762 - Browse For Folder doesn't allowed expanding folders when only sub-folders are hidden

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Keith Page]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 StumbleUpon/1.999
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 StumbleUpon/1.999

When choosing a folder for a new profile that is hidden but you have the "show
hidden files and folders turned on" the following problem occurs. 

When you have nothing but one hidden folder beneath another folder the "browse
for  Folder" window does not show a + beside the hidden folders parent. If you
add another file or folder that is not hidden the + appears. Once you have
expanded the parent the hidden folder will appear. 

This problem only happens with hidden folders, and is really only relevant when
you have "show hidden files and folders" turned on in explorer. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Turn on "show hidden files and folders" in windows explore
2. Place your profile in a hidden directory that is in a folder that has no
other files or folders
3. Start thunderbird with the choose profile option turned on
4. create a new profile and Choose a custom folder
5. browse to the parent directory of your hidden directory

Actual Results:  
You will get as far as the parent and will not be permited to expand the parent.
If you add a folder that is not hidden to the parent you are then permited to
expand it, and both folders are shown ( granted your "show hidden files and
folders" is turneed on in windows explorer.


Expected Results:  
If "show hidden files and fodlers" is turned on it should allow me to expand the
parent directory, if the option is turned off it should perform the behaviour as
it does now.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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