284772 - Off by one pixel when clicking to expand folders switches to that folder

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Daniel Cote]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird version 1.0 (20041206)

When I try to click on the [+] to expand a folder tree and I'm off by one pixel,
the current folder changes to the one next to the [+]. This is annoying since I
have to click back to the original folder I was looking at so that I can move
messages to a subfolder.

I recommend making only the folder's icon and name clickable to switch folders.
If we click on a blank area in the folder list, nothing should happen.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open thunderbird
2. Open Inbox
3. Click 1-2 pixels next to the [+] object beside another folder that contains
sub-folders.

Actual Results:  
Folder to expand becomes the current one.

Expected Results:  
Nothing; or expand the target folder.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Daniel Cote]

The bug still exists. It's only an annoyance though.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

It must be far more than one pixel. It will select whichever row is closest - focus and selection method is by row, so one is not required to click directly on the widget.  So this is working correctly.

If you want it changed you file an enhancement bug, but it's not likely to be accepted on the argument that your aim is off.