543407 - Bookmark toolbar does not show all folders in it

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Pekka Tiittanen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6

It seems that in Firefox 3.6, the bookmark toolbar is not showing all the folders it has. It shows only one folder and seems to keep all the other folders hidden. Folders can be accessed via menu "Bookmarks -> Bookmark toolbar", though. 

Happens after closing FF and shutting computer down, then restarting everything.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make folders to bookmark toolbar
2. Close Firefox
3. Shutdown computer
4. Restart computer
5. Start Firefox
6. Doesn't always happen
Actual Results:  
Bookmark toolbar showing just one folder instead of several

Expected Results:  
Bookmark toolbar should show all the folders every time

Comment 1

[Pekka Tiittanen]

Attachment: Screenshot of bookmark toolbar and the corresponding menu option side by side

Screenshot of Firefox 3.6 showing only one folder in Bookmark toolbar and the corresponding menu option showing all the folders.

Comment 2

[Pekka Tiittanen]

Well I did test this a bit more and found out that some interesting info. I have set a master password and therefore Firefox asks it every time I run it. I noticed that if Firefox opens normally, shows main window and master password dialog on top of that, everything is fine. However, if Firefox leaves main window below all other windows and shows just the master password dialog on top of others, this bug is triggered.

Comment 3

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

does safe mode fix your issue? http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

could be a problem with windows focusing as you said, but first we need to know that it's not due to an add-on.

Comment 4

[Pekka Tiittanen]

Ok, so more info. In the first place, the master password dialog is displayed because "Read it later" add-on needs it. So in safe mode this behaviour is not seen, as add-ons are disabled.

But I have no idea what methods Read it later uses to display the master password dialog and what other variable things there are that might affect this.

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? 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

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug has had the CLOSEME tag for several weeks and the date in the tag is
far gone. If the reporter can still see this issue, Please retest with Firefox
3.6.x or later and a new profile
(http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Then please remove the
closeme tag in the whiteboard, mark the bug against the proper version and
comment on the bug.