341079 - can't open links in tabs if places is the only window open

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 331908

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

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can't open links if places is the only window open

to reproduce:

1)  start up trunk, open places window
2)  close all browser windows but leave the places window open
3)  select a bookmark and attempt to open it in a new tab

you'll get this error:

JavaScript error: chrome://browser/content/places/controller.js, line 1449: this
._getBrowserWindow() has no properties

Comment 1

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

oops, I meant:

3)  select two bookmarks and attempt to open them in tabs (right click menu)

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Bug 451915 - move Firefox/Places bugs to Firefox/Bookmarks and History. Remove all bugspam from this move by filtering for the string "places-to-b-and-h".

In Thunderbird 3.0b, you do that as follows:
Tools | Message Filters
Make sure the correct account is selected. Click "New"
Conditions: Body   contains   places-to-b-and-h
Change the action to "Delete Message".
Select "Manually Run" from the dropdown at the top.
Click OK.

Select the filter in the list, make sure "Inbox" is selected at the bottom, and click "Run Now". This should delete all the bugspam. You can then delete the filter.

Gerv