327462 - Maxmimized and minimized window opens in normal (unmaximized) state if invoked by link from external application

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Holger Pollmann]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1

When the Firefox window is maximized and then iconized/minimized to taskbar, the window disappears as usual, and will reappear maximized if you uniconize/unminimize it.

If hwoever, while minimized, an external application sens a link to Firefox in order for it to be opened, the window is restored (uniconized), but is no longer in maximized state; instead, it will be in normal state, but its size will be the size of the entire desktop.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Firefox. Works even with fresh profile.
2. Maximize the window.
3. Minimize the window to the taskbar so the window is hidden.
4. Click on a link in an external application, e.g. a mail program, so that the link will be opened in Firefox

Actual Results:  
Firefox window will me restored from minimized state, and will appear covering the entinre desktop, being in normal (unmaximized) state.

Expected Results:  
The Firefox window should have been restored to maximized state.

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Duplicate of bug 269033 comment 6 (entire desktop<>non-maximized)?

Comment 2

[Steve England [:stevee]]

*** Bug 350274 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[mmortal03]

I do not see the "but its size will be the size of the entire desktop" part.  For me, Firefox just takes the preset unmaximized size (which is still a bug).

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a5pre) Gecko/20070527 Minefield/3.0a5pre

mmortal do you see this with a trunk build?

Comment 5

[mmortal03]

There is a further regression in the current trunk where external links aren't even restoring the window anymore, so that needs to be fixed first.  I looked around and couldn't find a bug report for this regression, but there could be one that I didn't find.

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

still?

Comment 7

[mmortal03]

Yeah, this is still broken in the current nightlies.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007100110 Firefox/3.0a6pre ID:2007100110

Comment 8

[mmortal03]

This looks to be fixed in Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007112505 Firefox/3.0a6pre ID:2007112505 or earlier.

Comment 9

[Holger Pollmann]

Yeah, I cannot reproduce the bug anymore in Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.1.10) Gecko/20071115 Firefox/2.0.0.10.