457112 - Status bar does not hold downloading status

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1b1pre) Gecko/20080925033548 Minefield/3.1b1pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1b1pre) Gecko/20080925034523 Shredder/3.0b1pre

When Thunderbird starts up and begins downloading messages, you get the "Downloading Message X of Y". However, when you hover over a link in the preview window 9such as the welcome page), the location of the link replaces the download bar. But, when you remove the hover without clicking on anything, the status bar goes blank, and nothing reappears. 

This happens even though messages are still obviously downloading, and the progress bar is moving. This makes you lose track, and can be confusing to users not used to this behavior, wondering what Thunderbird is doing.

I marked this as an enhancement, but it is possible it is a bug. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start Thunderbird
2.Begin downloading messages 
3.Hover over a link in the start up welcome window
4.Take hover off of said link
5. watch status bar the whole time
Actual Results:  
Status bar goes blank

Expected Results:  
Should go back to activity in the background (eg, "Downloading Message X of Y).

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Looks like something else fixed this.