286866 - Unable to insert mailto link in HTML compose

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Jon Roland]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050302 Firefox/1.0.1 Fedora/1.0.1-1.3.2 Mnenhy/0.7.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050302 Firefox/1.0.1 Fedora/1.0.1-1.3.2 Mnenhy/0.7.1

When composing an HTML message and one tries to insert a link other than one of
the types listed, the insertion is not accepted, and one is not allowed to
manually edit the link, but only to insert a "name" link. We need to be able to
insert links like mailto, ftp, or whatever, just like an href link.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open compose window set to HTML
2. Click on one of the link insert options
3. Try to set the type to mailto

Actual Results:  
Insisted on giving the link a name.

Expected Results:  
Accept the link as edited.

Comment 1

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

worksforme trunk linux thunderbird 1.0+ (20050313)

 1. Insert -> Link
 2. Enter Link Text
 3a Enter into Link Location: mailto:[e-mail] or
 3b Enter into Link Location: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/
 4. OK

Resulting mailto and ftp links work correctly.

Comment 2

[Jon Roland]

Okay, it can be done if one just clicks on Link and enters the mailto:something
in the field fo the Properties window, but it doesn't work if one clicks on
"Advanced Edit" and it should work there as well. "Advanced Edit" needs to be
enhanced to allow the insertion of mailto and other link types.

Should be re-opened on that point, as an enhancement rather than as a defect
since there is a way to do it.

Comment 3

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

Editing the href attribute to read mailto:[e-mail] or
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/ in the Advanced Edit dialog works for me, as well...

Comment 4

[Jon Roland]

However, Advance Edit insists on insserting a first line which is a name link,
and if you try to delete it, leaving only the mailto link, it will insist on
providing a name, which is not appropriate for a mailto link. That is what I
meant by resisting the insertion. Perhaps the summary should be rephrased to
better describe what I meant, but there is a bug here.

Comment 5

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

I checked in 1.0 as well and I don't understand what you're describing. Can you
give exact steps to reproduce and describe exactly how the problem manifests
itself? Does mnenhy or some another extension alter the UI here?

Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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