598963 - Drop down menus and other buttons don't work since upgrade

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Camino Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[sarah]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2010081818 Camino/2.0.4 (like Firefox/3.0.19)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2010081818 Camino/2.0.4 (like Firefox/3.0.19)

Since upgrading to the latest version of Camino, I have trouble consistently getting basic functions to work. Often, if I logout and back in it fixes itself, but I don't have time to do this all day long. The problem is so bad, I want to return to the earlier version, in spite of being browbeaten for the last several weeks to upgrade.

The first of the two sites I listed is my company's online database. It is FULL of drop down menus and I can't access any of them!! The second is obviously Yahoo mail. None of the buttons work. I can't access anything in button form--send, reply, Check mail, etc. Links seem to work fine if double clicked, but that's irritating too. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Since both are password protected, I'm not sure how to help you reproduce this problem. Perhaps we should communicate.

I signed into Magazine Manager and opened a data sheet through a typed field. None of the drop down menus would even open. They are highlighted, but nothing happens when clicked. I logout and log back in. Now they work.
Actual Results:  

I signed into Magazine Manager and opened a data sheet through a typed field. None of the drop down menus would even open. They are highlighted, but nothing happens when clicked. I logout and log back in. Now they work.

Expected Results:  
Well, it happened all day yesterday so it's what I expected. However, I suppose this is asking for my expectation without the problem. Before the upgrade I had absolutely ZERO trouble with any field, button or link on any site. I'd rather just return to the working version than have to put up with a buggy one.

Well, drop down menus should open. Buttons should be clickable. Links should open in a web browser on a single click.

Comment 1

[sarah]

Sorry, the new version wasn't available in the list. It's Camino 2.0.4. I'm not sure if it is "Always" reproducible--I missed that choice. However, so far it has reproduced every time I've reopened Camino since installing the upgrade yesterday.

Comment 2

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

If you open a new tab, then close it (or switch to a different tab, then switch back), without logging out/logging back in, do the sites work? This sounds like some of the mysterious focus issues we've been seeing occasionally.

Comment 3

[sarah]

I actually haven't thought of trying that. OK, let me restart everything (once I logout and back in it seems to work for a while so I will have to try to reproduce from the top, so to speak). One question--when you say "switch tabs" do you mean open the same site in a different tab?

Comment 4

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

The site you open shouldn't matter; simply opening a new tab (even with a blank page) and then switching back to the original tab or closing the new tab should be enough to fix the focus problem, if that's what this is.

Comment 5

[sarah]

I'll try it--of course now I CAN'T reproduce the problem! haha

I'll keep you posted.

Comment 6

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

Sarah, any updates on this? Are you (hopefully!) still unable to reproduce it? If so, it's probably safe to close this as WORKSFORME.

Comment 7

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

I'm going to assume this WORKSFORME now, but if you're able to reproduce it with a recent nightly, feel free to reopen this bug with new information.