503922 - opens new window on non existent screen

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[nbhct14]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5

use in dual screen mode than disconnect external monitor. open a new window and it is placed on the screen that no longer exists. This is very frustrating.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.use external monitor
2.open firefox, move window to external screen
3.close firefox
4. disconnect monitor
5. open firefox

Actual Results:  
the newly opened browser window does not appear on the screen, it is still openoing in the old non-existent screen. 

Expected Results:  
detect if location exists before opening the window there, if it does not exist use a screen that does.

This is a usability and frustration issue!

Comment 1

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

This may be a dupe of bug 381496 or at least may need to be merged with that
bug.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
Also, please consider using the most recent Firefox 4 beta build, your bug may be resolved there.

Comment 3

[nbhct14]

Tested ok with 3.6.13 - looks like now fixed