358533 - no new window when 2 or more windows minimized on osx

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 368094

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[natscan364]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0

If 2 or more separate windows (windows, not just tabs!) are minimized to the dock the file -> new window and command-N do nothing.  If one or more windows are restored from the dock (made visible) the new window commands then launch a window properly.  It does not seem to matter what website is loaded on the minimized windows.  I have replicated this even with blank pages.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open firefox 2.0 and load a page (such as homepage)
2. click the yellow "-" to minimize the window.
3. click file -> new window
4. minimize the new window by clicking the yellow "-"
5. click file -> new window (this should do nothing at this point)

Actual Results:  
nothing happened.

Expected Results:  
a new window should have appeared (containing a homepage or blank page)

Running OSX 10.4.8
2GB RAM 1.25Ghz G4
other running apps: itunes, ical, mail, quicktime, finder, stickies

Comment 1

[Edmund Martinez]

Experienced the same problem.
Mac os X 10.4.8
Firefox 2.0
running finder, thunderbird
Using iBook G4 PPC 1.2 Ghz, 1.25 gig mem. 60 HD
When 2 or more firefox windows are minimized.
Tried File New window command. No response.
Then Maximized window then tried File>New Window.
Command responds.


(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US;
> rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0
> Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US;
> rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0
> 
> If 2 or more separate windows (windows, not just tabs!) are minimized to the
> dock the file -> new window and command-N do nothing.  If one or more windows
> are restored from the dock (made visible) the new window commands then launch a
> window properly.  It does not seem to matter what website is loaded on the
> minimized windows.  I have replicated this even with blank pages.
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. open firefox 2.0 and load a page (such as homepage)
> 2. click the yellow "-" to minimize the window.
> 3. click file -> new window
> 4. minimize the new window by clicking the yellow "-"
> 5. click file -> new window (this should do nothing at this point)
> 
> Actual Results:  
> nothing happened.
> 
> Expected Results:  
> a new window should have appeared (containing a homepage or blank page)
> 
> Running OSX 10.4.8
> 2GB RAM 1.25Ghz G4
> other running apps: itunes, ical, mail, quicktime, finder, stickies
> 

(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US;
> rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0
> Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US;
> rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0
> 
> If 2 or more separate windows (windows, not just tabs!) are minimized to the
> dock the file -> new window and command-N do nothing.  If one or more windows
> are restored from the dock (made visible) the new window commands then launch a
> window properly.  It does not seem to matter what website is loaded on the
> minimized windows.  I have replicated this even with blank pages.
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. open firefox 2.0 and load a page (such as homepage)
> 2. click the yellow "-" to minimize the window.
> 3. click file -> new window
> 4. minimize the new window by clicking the yellow "-"
> 5. click file -> new window (this should do nothing at this point)
> 
> Actual Results:  
> nothing happened.
> 
> Expected Results:  
> a new window should have appeared (containing a homepage or blank page)
> 
> Running OSX 10.4.8
> 2GB RAM 1.25Ghz G4
> other running apps: itunes, ical, mail, quicktime, finder, stickies
> 

Comment 2

[Rahm]

See my bug report 368094 which expands on this - the problem is much larger than just making a new window, NO menus work when all windows are in dock.

Please vote on my bug report 368094 if you agree, maybe someone will pay more attention then...

Comment 3

[natscan364]

I agree, this is the same as bug 368094. Closing this bug as duplicate (better description on 368094).