281803 - History tree not updated in open windows after clearing history via prefs

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Camino Graveyard :: History, defect)

Description

[Prachi Gauriar]

Mac OS X 10.3.8/2005020908

If you have viewed history before in a browser window, that browser window's
history tree will not be updated after clicking the Clear Visited Pages button
in History prefs.

Steps to Reproduce:
0. Open browser window A, visit a few pages, leaving window A open.
1. View history in window A.
2. Clear history via button in prefs
3. View history in window A.
4. View history in a new window.

Actual results: window A's history is still the same as before, but the new
window's history is cleared as expected.  

Expected results: window A's history should have been cleared as well.

Notes: This only occurs if the history has been viewed in a window before.  If
not, there is no problem. Seems like overzealous caching to me.

Comment 1

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

sounds like something in the UI isn't getting the notification. simon?

Comment 2

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Hrm, the UI should be notified when things change. Will look.

Comment 3

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Taking.

Comment 4

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Attachment: Patch to respond to batching notifications

Here's the fix: respond to the batching notifications from the history service,
and reload the world at the end of a batch.

Comment 5

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Fixed.