Closed Bug 591630 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Firefox hangs up when it asks for cookie confirmation while moving a tab

Categories

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

3.6 Branch
x86
Windows 7
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 100180

People

(Reporter: livephantom, Unassigned)

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8

If Firefox asks for confirmation of setting a cookie while I am moving a tab, Firefox stops accepting any commands (mouse clicks, keyboard keys, etc.)

However, it's not a usual "stops responding" thing: if I click on it, Windows doesn't suggest to kill Firefox, and the page loading icon continues spinning. It's just the same as usual, except that it doesn't do anything.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Configuring:
1. Go to Tools -> Options -> Privacy.
2. Choose "use custom settings for privacy".
3. Check "Accept cookies from sites" and "Accept third-party cookies".
4. Set the "Keep until" box to "ask me every time".

Actual reproduction:
1. Open any page in a tab.
2. In a different tab go to a website that:
    a) wants to set a cookie;
    b) isn't in the exceptions list.
   Personally, I used google.com when reproducing (but it happens with any other website).
3. Before Firefox asks for your permission to store the cookie, move the other tab, but don't release the mouse (so that it appears that you are still moving the tab).
4. Wait until Firefox asks for cookie confirmation.
Actual Results:  
See Details.

Expected Results:  
Something different. My suggestion is that it should cancel moving the tab and just show a regular cookie confirmation window.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Version: unspecified → 3.6 Branch
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
V.Duplicate
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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