506846 - Folders and Message lists tab getting over written by new tab

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 504552

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Prime Jyothi]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Thunderbird/3.0b3

The folders and messages list tab is getting over written when a message is opened in a new tab.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a message in new tab.
2. Click on the new tab. The message is visible in the new tab.
3. Navigate back to the folders and messages list tab. Now the tab is over written by the message opened in the step No. 1. Have to restart Thunderbird to get the folders and message list tab.
Actual Results:  
As described the folders and message list tab is over written the contents of the new tab.

Expected Results:  
The folders and message list tab should show the folders and messages.

Themes : Default theme
Addons : ProfilePassword 0.7.4 (Not enabled as it is not compatible with TB3.03b)
Operating System : Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit (SP 2)
Processor : AMD Turion 64X2 TL-60 
Notebook Model : HP Pavilion dv9700

Comment 1

[Prime Jyothi]

Attachment: The folders and message list window after recreating bug 506846

Screen shot of how the folders and message list tab looks after the bug is re-created.

Comment 2

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504552#c6 for workaround that resolved this issue.

Feel free to reopen it if I'm wrong.