335423 - Profile folder's Chrome sub-folder not created by default

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Dylan Anglada]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060308 Firefox/1.5.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060308 Firefox/1.5.0.2

I have tried installing Thunderbird twice, and it will not create the chrome sub-folder in the Profile folder, in the Application Data folder.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Uninstall any existing Thunderbird, and delete Program Files Thunderbird folder and the Thunderbird folder in the Application data
2. Install Thunder 1.5.0.2
3. Check the Thunderbird folder in the Application data

Actual Results:  
The only folders in there were extensions and Mail.

Expected Results:  
Chrome sub-folder should be there, along with userContent-example.txt, etc.

Comment 1

[Dylan Anglada]

Installing a theme will create the "chrome" folder, but the userChrome-example.txt and the userContent-example.txt files are not in there. In fact, nothing is. I know that the userChrome.css and userContent.css aren't supposed to be there, but the examples ARE. I believe that you don't usually have to install anything but Thunderbird to get them, though.

Comment 2

[jwq]

Thunderbird version 1.5.0.4 (20060530); Mac OS 10.3.9

 I can confirm this on the Mac.

 This bug is problematic because it invalidates some of the assumptions and instructions on the MozillaZine Knowledge Base and the Customizing Mozilla <http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html> page regarding editing the userChrome.css and userContent.css files.

Comment 3

[jwq]

This bug also affects new profiles created with the profile manager.

Cross-ref: Bug 270132 which reports an earlier problem with the *-example.css files not being present by default in the chrome folder. A fix to this bug might also fix Bug 270132.

Comment 4

[jwq]

 I also see this with profiles created by recent trunk builds (e.g. 3 alpha 1 (20060912)). Confirming and making the reasonable assumption that this affects all platforms on trunk. Seems to me to be a Preferences issue rather than an Installer issue.

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

still reproduces in v3.1

Comment 7

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

wontfix per standard8
"The chrome folder isn't going to be used by the vast majority of users, unless they come across one of the hacks that require the folder and files - at which point I'm sure the hacks will explain. "

(not a dup of bug 270132)