285604 - Changes to toolbar layout are not saved between sessions

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Description

[mozbug1]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1

I have installed ForecastFox 0.7 installed in my menubar.  It is appearing to
the right of the throbber.  The problem is that I want the throbber all the way
on the right.  So I right click on the menuber, select "Customize...", then drag
the throbber all the way to the right, then drag a flexible space between
ForcaseFox and the throbber.  All is fine, except when I quit firefox and
restart I get: the menu items, two flexible spaces, the throbber, then
ForecastFox.  How come this isn't being saved between sessions?

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Tristor]

Can we have some steps to reproduce for this?

Comment 2

[mozbug1]

Add forcastfox to your menubar, try positioning it relative to the throbber,
quit and restart firefox

Comment 3

[mozbug1]

Actually now that I've played with it a bit it seems to be a ForcastFox problem,
because it tries to position itself according to its settings.

Comment 4

[lexual]

Bug can be closed due to extension being cause of fault.

Comment 5

[orngjce223]

Very related problem: I like not having three toolbars up top (four lines up top, including tab bar, takes a -lot- of vertical space).  I thus:

* open the Customize window
* pull the address bar up to the menubar (also throbber, but this is reproducible with or without it.)
* close Customize window
* remove checkmarks for Navigation and Bookmarks toolbars in View menu (not necessary to reproduce bug)

And then I:

* Open a new window.
* Observe that the address bar does not appear.  Rechecking Navigation toolbar in the View menu reveals that the address bar has migrated back to the Navigation toolbar.  (THIS IS THE BUGGY BEHAVIOR)

The settings save fine across sessions (doing the "I thus" steps, closing Firefox, and relaunching Firefox makes the layout show up correctly), but any new open windows do not save the settings.  Doing "And then I" from -any- window will create a window with toolbar standard settings, rather than my settings.

This is very annoying!

FF3.5, Ubuntu, Linux, reproducible with no extensions enabled (although I use several in everyday usage).

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 8

[Thomas Taylor]

Related to original bug.  I have installed Toolbar Buttons 1.0 three times.  Each time I add a second toolbar which I then populate with approximately 20 buttons.  Everything looks fine during the install session but when I close FF and restart it, only the "print" and "sync" buttons are present although the "separators" are grouped together at the left side.  See screenshot here: [URL=http://www.hostmyjpg.com/i/bec16376ae_firefox-toolbar1.png] [IMG]http://www.hostmyjpg.com/thumbs/bec16376ae_firefox-toolbar1.png[/IMG][/URL]