Closed Bug 392959 Opened 17 years ago Closed 9 years ago

Use Template Builder in thunderbird Prefs UI

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Preferences
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: mscott, Unassigned)

Details

In Bug 310833 we removed our xul template builder code from the thunderbird prefs UI, building things by hand instead. Rob Strong recently came up with a work around that does allow us to use the xul template builder: 1) Set the datasource to null in the template. 2) In init method that for the dynamic pref pane being fixed, get the datasource and set it on the element that depending on the template. Set the ref attribute as well. We can remove the pref code we added for Bug 310833 and restore the xul template use that was removed in that patch from the pref code. Could be a good Phil bug, but I'm happy to do this if you are busy or it doesn't interest you Phil :)
Since a prefPane doesn't have a close even in which to remove the datasource that I can find this will leave the observers hanging around... then again I may just be slow. ;)
OS: Windows Vista → All
Hardware: PC → All
This can't be terribly important, if it's even relevant anymore
Severity: normal → minor
What is the Template builder? Does it exist yet?
oddly enough, yes. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XUL/Template_Guide/Template_Builder_Interface but no recent bug activity. last action is in the 2007-2009 time frame https://mzl.la/2a9ZE8z
WONTFIX, as the goal is to remove rdf at some point.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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