44666 - Can't type in Compose window body

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 42956

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect, P3)

Description

[Blake Ross]

Build ID: 2000070608

Steps to Reproduce:
(1) Delete Users50 and mozregistry.dat (so you no longer have an account)
(2) Load the browser
(3) Choose File | New > Message

The compose window appears as it should, and a second later, the account wizard 
appears.

(4) Press Cancel in the account wizard.
(5) Attempt to type a message in the body.

Result: Not only can't you type, but you can't even set focus to the 
textfield...in fact, it doesn't even act like a textfield, but rather dead 
white space (no context menu, etc.)

The symptoms here are similar to the "can't type in message when you switch to 
classic theme," except that I haven't switched to the classic theme in this 
session.

Reproducible every time.

Comment 1

[scottputterman]

reassigning to ducarroz. Jean-Francois are you able to reproduce this?  If you
don't cancel the account setup but proceed to create an account, can you type?

Comment 2

[laurel]

I'm pretty sure there's an oldy moldy bug about this (using compose message
before you've set up an account)... I'll look for it.

Comment 3

[laurel]

This is totally reproducible using jul6 commercial build NT 4.0, but is a rather
invalid situation which we don't handle real well.  

The bug I was thinking of is a bug which mentions this situation in conjunction
with other weirdness in the past when trying to back out of this
using-mail-without-mail-account situation ... see bug #24665.

Comment 4

[Blake Ross]

I agree that it is somewhat of an invalid situation, since most people wouldn't 
try to compose an email without first having an account set up.  On that note, 
lowering the severity.  I do agree, however, that we need to handle this much 
more gracefully.  Why not just let the user fully compose the email and again 
request account setup when he/she tries to send it?

Comment 5

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 42956 ***

Comment 6

[Blake Ross]

I don't think this is a duplicate.  42956 is a little ambiguous, but seems to 
say that we shouldn't open the Compose window at all if the user cancels the 
account wizard.  Technically, we can still let the user type the email and then 
make them set up an account when they go to send it...they don't need an 
account just to type the email, really.

Comment 7

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

*** Bug 44679 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Blake Ross]

*** Bug 44681 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[laurel]

Marking verified as a duplicate.