293923 - Non-empty bookmark folders show (Empty) on first view

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Neil P. Pena]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0+

The first time that a non-empty bookmark folder is opened (either from the
Bookmarks menu or the Bookmarks Toolbar), a grayed-out "(Empty)" item appears in
the menu above the bookmarks in the folder.  The next time the folder is opened,
the "(Empty)" item is no longer there, and it remains gone for the remainder of
the session, until Firefox is started again.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start a fresh instance of Firefox.
2. On the Bookmarks menu or Bookmarks Toolbar, open any folder that has
bookmarks in it.
Actual Results:  
You see a greyed-out "(Empty)" entry above the bookmarks in that folder the
first time you look in the folder.

Expected Results:  
"(Empty)" should not have been shown at all, since there are bookmarks in the
folder.

Comment 1

[Neil P. Pena]

Attachment: Menu appearance on first view

Comment 2

[Neil P. Pena]

Attachment: Menu appearance on second and further views

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
highly unlikely to be the source of a fix to the code.

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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

[mozillabugzilla]

This has popped up for me in Firefox 1.5.0.1 and Firefox 1.5.0.2 in Ubuntu Dapper (it didn't happen in Breezy).

It occurs in KDE, Gnome, and XFCE; regardless of which user I use or if I use a fresh profile, regardless of whether I use Mozilla's Firefox or Ubuntu's Firefox.