43252 - can't type in message composed right after setting up account

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 43350

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect, P3)

Description

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

DESCRIPTION:  Right after creating setting up a new mailnews account, one can't
type in the body of the message in the compose window.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
 * run mozilla -ProfileManager
 * create a new profile, and start using it
 * Go to File | New | Message
 * set up an account (SMTP and IMAP)
 * click in the "To" field
 * type an address
 * click in the "subject" field
 * type a subject
 * click in the body of the message
 * try to type a message

ACTUAL RESULTS:
 * nothing

EXPECTED RESULTS:
 * message shows up

BUGGY IN:
 * Win98 mozilla release nightly 2000-06-20-08-M17
 * Linux mozilla debug, my tree, twice in the past few days

Comment 1

[lchiang]

That's strange.  Are you in html or plain text compose window?  What happens if 
you resize the compose window?  Can you see your text?

Comment 2

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

(Comments all from memory.)  I'm in whatever the default is (typed in 
[e-mail] in the to: field).  If I type, nothing shows up, and if I 
send, it isn't in the message.  I tried resizing one of the times and it didn't 
help.

Also, there's no caret in the body of the compose window when this bug happens, 
but when it doesn't the caret is there even if the composition area is not 
focused.

Comment 3

[lchiang]

What "theme" for skins are you using?  Wondering if related to 
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43350.

Comment 4

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Nope, was classic.  It was a completely fresh profile so everything was the 
defaults.

Comment 5

[scottputterman]

marking as a dup of 43350.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 43350 ***

Comment 6

[lchiang]

duplicate bug is still open.  I'll mark this verified as duplicate and make a 
notation in the other bug.  Actually, we may want to release note this case.

Comment 7

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Are you *sure* this is a duplicate?  It really doesn't seem related, and it
still exists, but it isn't being tracked much on the duplicate bug.

Comment 8

[lchiang]

I'll cc: esther to check.