613737 - Save As, File dialog opens in the wrong place

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Frank Burleigh]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101119 Firefox/4.0b8pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101116 Thunderbird/3.3a1

Mac app dialogs typically open in the center of their app's window, under any toolbar.  File, Save As, File, opens in the center of the OS X screen.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. File, Save As, File


Expected Results:  
Open dialog in a position typical of a Mac app.

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Frank, or anyone on MAC, can you attach screenshot of current default position (and expected position) of Save As dialogue on MAC?

If it's worth fixing, I imagine this should be easy to fix.
Otherwise it would be wontfix ;)

Comment 2

[Frank Burleigh]

Attachment: Screenshot of a typical OS X Save, Save As, Export dialog window

Attached is a screenshot of Safari's 5.1's Save As dialog window. Every native Mac app I tested made dialogs with these characteristics: 1) positioned below the app's toolbar with a gradient blending the two; 2) slight transparency so you can see content; 3) modal window within the scope of the owning app -- the app itself can still move, resize, and scroll its window.  Hint: Microsoft's apps *mimic* the position but do not look or behave precisely correctly.  So it seems there's room for a little cheating here. ;-)  Additionally, when Apple introduced Versions to OS X (in the 10.7.x series) the language "Save As" was changed to "Export."  That's a note for completeness.

Current behavior of all Mozilla's applications is to open a centered (within the screen) modal dialog window.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Eckard, do you see this?
(Frank is no longer using Thunderbird)

Comment 4

[Eckard Berberich]

Yes, the Thunderbird save dialog box is still placed somewhere in the middle of the screen.
It doesn't bother me....