497083 - empty icon for about-window in alt-tab box

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jo Hermans]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b99) Gecko/20090605 Firefox/3.5b99

I just noticed that when I open the 'about firefox' window, and then press alt-tab (on Windows), I'm seeing an empty icon in the alt-tab box.

Apparently, it's both in Firefox3.0 and 3.5.

I looked, but I can't find a bug about it , even though I vaguely remember reading about it.

Comment 1

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10

Same here. Seems like the icon needs to be added to the window title. Either way, it's an old bug...

Comment 2

[u386750]

Hi, I'd like to request to be assigned to this bug.  I'm a 3rd year BIT student studying at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and I have an assignment for my software engineering module that requires me to fix a bug/add an enhancement in open source software.

Comment 3

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

Go for it!!

Comment 4

[u386750]

Didn't make the deadline for the assignment, but still plan on fixing the bug when I get some free time.

Comment 5

[Tummala Dhanvi [:c0mrad3][UTC+5.30]]

I would like to work on this bug as it is a student project

I will start working on this by the end of 2015 or in the starting of 2016, I am assigning this one to myself.

Comment 6

[Tummala Dhanvi [:c0mrad3][UTC+5.30]]

I would like to work on this one any pointers ?

Comment 7

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

(In reply to Tummala Dhanvi [:c0mrad3][UTC+5.30] from comment #6)
> I would like to work on this one any pointers ?

I don't really see this issue anymore, is this still happening for you?

Comment 8

[Donovan Thompson]

Has this issue been fixed? I can't replicate the issue

Comment 9

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The bug assignee is inactive on Bugzilla, so the assignee is being reset.

Comment 10

[Walter K.]

I cannot reproduce the issue any longer. About Firefox dialog from Help->About does not show up in Alt+Tab on Windows 10 at all.

Comment 11

[Riz]

I just tried to reproduce this and Walter's analysis is correct - when I open the 'About Firefox' window in Windows 10 Home, and then press Alt + Tab, I can't see the About Firefox window.

I notice that Google Chrome navigates to chrome://settings/help when the user selects Help -> About Google Chrome.

It might be wiser to have Firefox do that too?

Comment 12

[Riz]

To add to my previous comment, perhaps something like about:aboutFirefox or something