546666 - [OOPP] switching tab when pdf is loading causes issues

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Maini Marco]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a2pre) Gecko/20100217 Minefield/3.7a2pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a2pre) Gecko/20100217 Minefield/3.7a2pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Trying to switch tabs when a pdf files is loading, the user can't show again the tab with pdf.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open one or more tab
2. Click on pdf link and wait for the file loading
3. While pdf plugin load the file, click to another tab
Actual Results:  
When you click again on the title of tab with pdf plugin, the page is not shown but Firefox still display the content of the last tab used before.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should show the page with pdf (eventually blank if loading is not complete).

Comment 1

[Maini Marco]

Attachment: screenshot of the problem

Comment 2

[Maini Marco]

It doesn't happen when pdf is immediately loaded, this need that pdf file is quite large and slow to load.

Comment 3

[Maini Marco]

I think it is caused by a long wait before plugin loading. Mozilla-runtime process seems to wait something without ends. I hope that attachment could be useful.

Comment 4

[Maini Marco]

Attachment: exception analysis with windbg

Comment 5

[Maini Marco]

No longer reproducible with latest version