309613 - Drop down bookmark menus don't work propery after Java loads

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Drew D. Saur]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20050921 Firefox/1.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20050921 Firefox/1.4

Load a page with an embedded Java applet, such as the RBJ link above. Afterward,
you cannot select items from drop-down bookmark menus without using two clicks.
(That is, you can no longer use the traditional click, hold, drag, select
routine on those menus; you have to click, release, move to select, and click
again.)


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Mark Mentovai]

I see this too.  It taints the window that hosted the applet, including other tabs.

Comment 2

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

I'm not able to reproduce this.  I tested with the same Firefox 1.8-branch
nightly on OS X 10.2.8, 10.3.9 and 10.4.2.  On 10.2.8 and 10.4.2 I left in
place the bundled version (0.9.3+b) of the Java Embedding Plugin.  On 10.3.9 I
had to (of course) replace it with 0.9.4.

In all cases I clicked on the Bookmarks menu and dragged down through "Firefox
and Mozilla Link" to "Mozilla Store".  When I let go the page switched to the
Mozilla Store.

What OS versions did you guys use?  Were you by any chance both using laptops?
If so, please provide the details about your laptops.

(My Mac is a dual-1Ghz PowerPC G4.  I don't have a laptop to test on.)

Comment 3

[Drew D. Saur]

Using 10.4.2 on a dual 2 G5 - but this *doesn't* happen with the Bookmarks menu
- only bookmarks *toolbar* menus (e.g., from folders on the bookmarks toolbar).

Drew

(In reply to comment #2)
> I'm not able to reproduce this.  I tested with the same Firefox 1.8-branch
> nightly on OS X 10.2.8, 10.3.9 and 10.4.2.  On 10.2.8 and 10.4.2 I left in
> place the bundled version (0.9.3+b) of the Java Embedding Plugin.  On 10.3.9 I
> had to (of course) replace it with 0.9.4.
> 
> In all cases I clicked on the Bookmarks menu and dragged down through "Firefox
> and Mozilla Link" to "Mozilla Store".  When I let go the page switched to the
> Mozilla Store.
> 
> What OS versions did you guys use?  Were you by any chance both using laptops?
> If so, please provide the details about your laptops.
> 
> (My Mac is a dual-1Ghz PowerPC G4.  I don't have a laptop to test on.)
> 
> 

Comment 4

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

> only bookmarks *toolbar* menus (e.g., from folders on the bookmarks toolbar)

I don't know what you're referring to.  Not, I assume, the "Bookmarks Toolbar
Folder" choice in the main "Bookmarks" menu.

Whatever it is, give me step-by-step instructions how to get to it.  If I need
to install an extension, let me know which one.

Comment 5

[Drew D. Saur]

Right. If you maintain folders of bookmarks in your bookmarks toolbar, they
create drop-down menus when you click on them. These are the menus that exhibit
the problem.

I am using no extensions.

Drew

(In reply to comment #4)
> > only bookmarks *toolbar* menus (e.g., from folders on the bookmarks toolbar)
> 
> I don't know what you're referring to.  Not, I assume, the "Bookmarks Toolbar
> Folder" choice in the main "Bookmarks" menu.
> 
> Whatever it is, give me step-by-step instructions how to get to it.  If I need
> to install an extension, let me know which one.
> 

Comment 6

[Drew D. Saur]

Steven,

Just to clarify:

1) If you haven't already, create a folder of bookmarks on your bookmarks *toolbar.*

2) Open a page with an embedded Java applet (like the RBJ link above).

3) Try to go to a page in the folder of bookmarks in your bookmarks toolbar by
clicking on the folder, *holding the mouse button down*, moving to the bookmark
of choice, and releasing the mouse button to select it.

You will find that nothing happens upon release of your mouse button. This is
quite annoying, and definitely 100% reproducible. Please do let me know if I can
help describe this any better - thanks!

Drew


(In reply to comment #4)
> > only bookmarks *toolbar* menus (e.g., from folders on the bookmarks toolbar)
> 
> I don't know what you're referring to.  Not, I assume, the "Bookmarks Toolbar
> Folder" choice in the main "Bookmarks" menu.
> 
> Whatever it is, give me step-by-step instructions how to get to it.  If I need
> to install an extension, let me know which one.
> 

Comment 7

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

I'm now able to reproduce this -- I didn't know what the "bookmarks
toolbar" was, but I managed to figure it out.

This problem turns out to be related to a couple of others.  I'm not
sure I'll be able to fix it.  And I'm not entirely sure I _should_ fix
it, even if I can.

I've known about the first of these other problems for a long time,
but have never considered it urgent -- it's item #2 in the Java
Embedding Plugin's KnownProblems.txt:

  2. There are some minor problems with context menus (invoked by
     Control-click or Right-click) in Mozilla and Firefox after an
     applet has been loaded into a page:  Context menus no longer
     disappear when you lift the mouse button.  Dragging the right
     mouse button to a selection no longer invokes its action -- you
     have to lift the button and then click it again on your
     selection.

The second "other problem" is bug 306918, which is partially _fixed_
by loading an applet into a window -- the "drag and drop" problem
stops happening (though the "click and hold menus" problem doesn't go
away).

I will look into all this when I have the time ... but I'm afraid that
won't be for a while.

Comment 8

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Mass-closing bugs in the "OJI" component: OJI plugin integration was replaced with npruntime long ago, and these bugs appear to be irrelevant now. If there is in fact a real bug that remains, please file it new in the "Core" product, component "Plug-ins".