575177 - impossible to generate / edit message filters

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 297006

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[paul]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; MDDC)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100608 Thunderbird/3.1

I had previously set several message filters previously, however when I try now to create them I simply do not have the functionality to do this!

It allows me to generate a filter, set the actions, but does NOT allow me to enter the parameters (e.g. if I want to filter say Nigeria gold, I cannot enter because there is no box to enter the parameters!

Basically instead of having 3 drop down menus. I have 2!

Is there a configuration that I have disabled? if so what is the point of it  as message filters are pointless without definable parameters!!!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rebooted windows
2. updated thunderbird (as of 28 June 2010)
3. tried system restore to an earlier date
Actual Results:  
start the application. go to  message filters under tools

The message filters window appears, but no dropdown for parameters

Expected Results:  
Should be able to enter the parameters for the message filters

Comment 1

[Kent James (:rkent)]

Please check if this is a duplicate of bug 297006, and if so mark it.

We really ought to fix that, it gets reported a lot.

Comment 2

[paul]

Attachment: screencapture of fault

A picture says 1000 words!!!

Comment 3

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Paul can you answer comment 1 ?

Comment 4

[paul]

it is nothing like comment 1!!!

Comment 5

[Kent James (:rkent)]

Paul, try to just grab your filter window and make it larger. You might have to make it larger, close it, then reopen it again. Does that solve your problem?

Comment 6

[paul]

I tried ALL of that BEFORE I contacted you!!!

Comment 7

[Kent James (:rkent)]

The screen that you showed is identical to that which you get by shrinking the window vertically. This is a very common complaint, and is the most likely explanation for the screen that you showed, in spite of your assertions in comment 4

Just to placate me, could you also show a screen in which you have increased the vertical size of the filter editor window significantly?

Comment 8

[paul]

apologies you are correct!! - I see what the problem is now - you have locked the distance between the two windows, but not the minimum height of the parameters windows.

Should be a relatively straight forward parameter change in the gui, but I shall leave - suitable chastised!!!