Closed Bug 509644 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

cannot return to folder pane when using tabs

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Toolbars and Tabs, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Toolbars and Tabs
Platform:
x86
Windows Vista
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 504552

People

(Reporter: lundy, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Thunderbird/3.0b3

I double-click and open an email. Its tab appears in the tab bar. When I click on another tab that tab takes focus and highlights, but will not open that pane. I cannot return to the folder or to another email tab. A cure is to restart Thunderbird. The problem happens every time using the normal start.

 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. In three-pane view click on chosen folder name, say Inbox
2. Double-click on an email information line in the top right pane
3. Click on another tab in resulting view. Email stays visible
Actual Results:  
Inbox tab highlighted, email stayed full screen.

Expected Results:  
Should return to another open email, or to the  three-pane view, showing folder list, email summaries, and small email text pane, if the folder tab is clicked


I have only the default  Thunderbird (default) 2.0 theme loaded, and I am using no extensions or add-ons.

If I start Thunderbird.exe -safe-mode the problem does not occur as often, but can still occur apparently randomly.
This looks like a special case of bug 504552.
Whiteboard: dupeme
Indeed. A close cousin to bug 504552

Cured using same workaround:
Delete localstore.rdf
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Ok, since removing the localstore.rdf file was mentioned there as well I'm marking this as a duplicate since it reflects the same issue. It should be resolved (hopefully) when the root cause is taken care of over there.
Resolution: FIXED → DUPLICATE
Whiteboard: dupeme
Until that root cause is taken care of here is a workaround that is working for me. It saves opening a command prompt and typing in the path each time if you want to make use of the tabs feature in Thunderbird 3 Beta 3 .

Create this batch file on desktop:

cd \
cd "Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Beta 2"
thunderbird.exe -safe-mode
del C:\users\sony\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\profiles\iev24js4.default\localstore.rdf

Amend the paths to fit your setup. My path still contains "Beta 2" even though I am using Beta 3.
Correction:

cd \
cd "Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Beta 2"
del
C:\users\sony\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\profiles\iev24js4.default\localstore.rdf
thunderbird.exe -safe-mode
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