290888 - Master Password input pop-up text area doesn't have focus if Mozilla is minimized

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, defect)

Description

[John David Galt]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1

If I minimize Firefox (have the GUI remove it from the screen) during loading of
a slow web page, and that web page uses one of my saved passwords (thus causing
a dialog box to appear requesting the Master Password), that dialog box has the
focus but its text field does not, so typing in the password is ignored. 
Sometimes even if I click in the text field multiple times, it still refuses to
accept the focus.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:




"Restoring" the browser window from Windows' taskbar causes the focus to go to
the text area of the password-entry dialog, where it belongs.

Comment 1

[John David Galt]

Happens identically on Thunderbird.

Comment 2

[John David Galt]

Same problem occurs when Thunderbird asks me for the username or password for a
new news-server account.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
bug reports that have not been confirmed by a second user after three months are
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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.

Comment 5

[John David Galt]

This problem still exists, but I've found a workaround: click on the popup a
second time and it will receive the focus.  Because this workaround exists I'm
going to leave it RESOLVED unless somebody objects.