45109 - composer menus get disabled

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 44116

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[R.K.Aa.]

Build ID 2000-071015 Linux

This has been an "active bug" for abour a week but i can't remember seeing it
reported.

The menu-buttons and menuitmes im dropdown boxes more or less all get disabled
now and then. This is related to how some items aren't hooked up (at least they
don't trigger) - most important "file open".

Steps to reproduce:

Start composer
Click "file - Open file"
Nothing happens
Click it again
Nothing happens
Click once in the editor field
Notice how menubar gives a little jump
Try open file again - likely won't work
Now write just two three characters in the editor field

Result: All menu-buttons except "new" get disabled.
In addition, most menu-items get disabled (greyed out).

Severity: critical. This prevents using composer in any meaningful way at all.

Comment 1

[John Morrison]

I'm fairly certain that the both "menus become disabled" and the inoperative
File->Open are the same (or similar) to bug 44116. The menuitem itself is 
handling the event for File->Open being clicked, but it's not returning 
a controller in goDoCommand(command) (returns null from 
.getControllerForCommand).

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 44116 ***

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

verifying as well. Obvious dup.