55472 - modal dialog parent has active min/max/close widgets [linux]

Status: NEW

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[John Morrison]

See also related bug 53476 -- "parent menus accessible from Keyboard while alert
modal dialog is up"

As noted on bug 53827:
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 On linux it is possible to close the parent browser window, and leave this
 cookie alert dialog as the sole remaining mozilla window open. However, when
 this last window is closed, there is no crash, so that's good.

 (I will leave this open for a couple more days, then do a query on cyclone to
 see if this is showing up as a topcrash anymore).

 Note that the cookie alert dialog is indeed modal -- the browser window will
 not accept any user interaction [*], and the dialog remain z-order above the
 browser window at all times.

 [*] er, with two exceptions: you can type in the url bar (carriage return goes
 to the new site [eeek!]), and the window's 'X' close widget will close the
 parent browser window.

 [Note: on the mac, this cookie alert is application modal, and on win32 it is
 window modal].
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You can also do this with the basic authentication dialog, which is spun up
from necko -- again, there is no crash.

Comment 1

[John Morrison]

-> can't crash it though ... Future.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

still true

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

?still true?  [missed ? in comment 2]