394646 - Download manager notifies for, but doesn't list downloads from file:///

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a8pre) Gecko/2007090100 Minefield/3.0a8pre (home built, MSVC 7.1, msys, win xp pro sp2)

STR:

1. Open a file (I used a xul file, but I don't think it matters) on your harddrive using the file:/// protocol.
2. Use File > Save As...
3. Save the file to somewhere else (eg. your desktop)
4. The download manager opens.


ER:
The download gets listed, possibly first as active, but at least 'soon' as complete. Then a notification pops up saying the download has succeeded.

(Alternative expected results: the download manager doesn't open at all, no notification is displayed)

AR:
The download doesn't get listed at all (even though the download manager opened), but a notification *does* pop up. Which is kinda strange.

Comment 1

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Does the download show up if you close the download manager and then reopen it?

Perhaps it's just downloading the file too fast to show up in the download manager -- I see a progress bar and all if I save a big local file but a blank active for a small text file.

Comment 2

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Sounds very similar to bug 393895.

Comment 4

[:Gijs (he/him)]

So, this bug:
- is not about html files
- is not about "save web page as, complete"
- is not about the "download" failing or giving strange message when quitting.

This bug is about the download manager's behaviour being inconsistent in my eyes, something which is *clearly* stated in comment #0 and the summary of this bug.


Unduping.

Comment 5

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

I think the problem comes about because of the same underlying issue though.

Comment 6

[:Gijs (he/him)]

(In reply to comment #5)
> I think the problem comes about because of the same underlying issue though.
> 

Then why would the "download" fail in one case (or hang around), and not in mine? That seems strange, especially since, as far as I can tell, bug 393821 doesn't touch upon "failure" of downloads at all - just on the display bits.

Comment 7

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

(In reply to comment #0)
> The download doesn't get listed at all (even though the download manager
> opened)
(In reply to comment #6)
> bug 393821 doesn't touch upon "failure" of downloads at all - just on the 
> display bits.

Bug 393821 depends on some other bugs that fix other issues.

Comment 8

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Seems to be fixed by bug 393821 -- checked with an hourly build
Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007100120 Minefield/3.0a9pre

Tested with download manager closed before saving and download manager open when saving. Open File -> browsed to some local image and did Save As with the page.

Comment 9

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Gijs, can you confirm this as verified FIXED?  It's now working for me with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007100205 Minefield/3.0a9pre

Comment 10

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED per my comment 9.