528344 - Add-on Compatibility Reporter adds no dropdown to a selected extension if the Add-ons manager is opened in the sidebar or in a tab

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[u355723]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; de-DE; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; de-DE; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5

The summary says it all. :-)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul in a tab
2. select an extension

or

1. open chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul in a tab
2. save a bookmark with the option "Load this bookmark in the sidebar"
3. open the new bookmark
4. select an extension
Actual Results:  
There's no compatibility dropdown list added. The Add-on Compatibility Reporter is useless.

Expected Results:  
Get a dropdown list to report the compatibility of the selected extension.

This behavior affects extensions like All-in-One Sidebar.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

reporter, do you still see this problem in currently shipping firefox 4, or newer firefox 5 beta?

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, please update to Firefox 5, create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles, and then retest. Then please report your results. If you are still seeing the issue, then reopen this bug.

Comment 3

[u355723]

I just tested it and can't see any problem. :-) Thanks for fixing!