382374 - Can't select folder as Bookmarks Toolbar Folder unless cursor moved to other folder then back

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Peter Brown]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7

In Manage Bookmarks, to set another folder as Bookmarks Toolbar Folder, the option is initially grayed out (Edit menu) from the list on left side (folders), but if the cursor is moved to another folder, then back, it's not grayed out and can be selected. As I just now discovered, however, the folders on the right side (folders plus complete list of bookmarks) can be selected directly. 
It's much easier to select folders from left side as they are the only thing listed (unless you have lots of subfolders).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Manage Bookmarks
2. Cursor in left side on a folder you want to set as Bookmarks Toolbar Folder
3. Menu Edit, Set as Bookmarks Toolbar Folder, is grayed out
4. Move cursor to another folder, then back
5. Now the Edit menu options are not grayed out
Actual Results:  
See above

Expected Results:  
Set cursor on any folder on left, use Edit menu to select directly as Bookmarks Toolbar Folder

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

You're testing a very old version. Bugs found in old versions won't probably not be fixed anymore unless it is a crash or a security problem.
Please retest with the latest trunk build, installed or unzipped in a new empty folder and make a new profile for that occasion, because the problem could very well be caused by an add-on or by a corrupt profile. http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/

Comment 2

[Peter Brown]

I DLd the latest trunk build but it would not start, ever, even after rebooting, or trying Mozilla "safe-mode". I uninstalled it, loaded version 2.0.0.3 (now ..4) and it's working, but the bug remains: must move cursor off and on the folder on left to make the toolbar folder, even though it works directly from the right side of window.

Comment 3

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

Bulk closing all UNCONFIRMED bugs dealing with places that haven't had any bug activity in over 120 days, have no votes, and are not enhancement requests.

If you are still experiencing this issue in Firefox 3.0 or later, please re-open the bug with steps to reproduce (if they were not part of the original comment).