298131 - about:config shows localized prefs as type:string

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: General, defect)

Description

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

Look at browser.search.defaulturl in about:config - it is shown as of type
string, but in reality it's a localized pref.

Comment 1

[[e-mail]]

So what do you want to do? Look at all string pref default values, see if they
look like a property reference, see if the string exists, if so, change type?

Comment 2

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

hm, for a start, the code at
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpfe/global/resources/content/config.js#298
could also set the column to "localized string", but obviously that's no
complete solution...

Comment 3

[benc]

I tested this by using about:config to hack keyword.url in FF 2.0.

The chrome value is read into a localized pref, and if you change the value the value is saved in prefs.js. If you clear the value, it goes back to the original chrome value.

This works, and makes sense to me. Originally, I thought I wanted about:config to either: display that the value is localized -or- let me edit the mapping by editing the localization file.

But having used the feature as an end user, I now see no need for that. About:config (in my mind) is a user-oriented feature.

Comment 4

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Which product/version are you using ?
Can you reproduce with SeaMonkey v1.1.9 ?
Can you reproduce with SeaMonkey v2.0a1pre ?

Comment 5

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

The code still looks the same. So, the bug still exists.

Comment 6

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

<http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=/mozilla/toolkit/components/viewconfig/content/config.js&rev=1.25&mark=298#273>
<http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=/mozilla/modules/libpref/public/nsIPrefBranch.idl&rev=1.20&mark=64-72#63>

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What do we want to do ?
Start with comment 2 suggestion ?

Is this bug severity actually Normal, or should it be Enhancement only ?

Comment 7

[Philip Chee]

about:config is now in toolkit.