61586 - Preferences option double clicking on the mail opens in a new window absent.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 110556

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Amrutha.S.Shenoy]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.5 [en] (WinNT; I)
BuildID:    os2enbr.exe Thu Nov 16 2000 18:23:00

In Prefernces ->Mail and NewsGroup->Windowsetting ,there should be a Check box 
for Double clicking the message opens the message in a new Message window 
unchecking this  box should not open the mail in its message window when the 
mail is double clicked.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to Prefernces ->Mail and newsgroup->window settings->Unchekc the box Double 
clicking on th mail opens the mail in a new message window
2.Open browser the mail window
3.Select and account and a mail folder
4.Double click on the mail.


Actual Results:  The mail will be opened in  a message window.

Expected Results:  The message window for the mail shoudl notbe openend till you 
right click on the mail and from the Right mouse click->Open message is not 
done.

Comment 1

[laurel]

This was a conscious decision in 6.0, don't know yet what will be implemented
for 6.5.

Comment 2

[laurel]

.

Comment 3

[laurel]

changing assignee

Comment 4

[Amrutha.S.Shenoy]

I have tested this on Netscape 6 for windows and the problem seems to be there.

Comment 5

[Håkan Waara]

This should't be a pref? It's a common behaviour among all known
emailapplications I know of.

Why would one want to turn it off? I can't figure out a good reason.

Comment 6

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

If you double-click on a message, you're asking for it to open in a new window. I 
don't see the point of a pref either.

Comment 7

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Oh, wait, I remember what this pref is for. And it's not what the reporter said 
it was for.

Steps to reproduce:
1.  Double-click on message A.
2.  Double-click on message B.

What is expected:
*   If `Double-clicking a message opens it in a new window' is unchecked, message
    B opens in the same standalone window, replacing message A.
*   If `Double-clicking a message opens it in a new window' is checked, message B
    opens in a different standalone window, so both A and B are open.

It's a badly-worded pref in 4.x. We probably need radio buttons to explain it 
clearly:
|
| When opening a message in its own window, use:
| (*) a new window
| ( ) an existing window
|
| (If multiple messages are opened at once, they will always open in new
| windows.)

We need the same thing for Navigator, see bug 35578.

Comment 8

[Håkan Waara]

Ah, that makes sense! :) 

Nominating for mozilla 0.9.

Comment 9

[scottputterman]

It is a good idea but it's not going to be scheduled for 0.9 unless someone else
takes it.  Reassigning to sspitzer.

Comment 10

[laurel]

*** Bug 95003 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[scottputterman]

making this work would probably help us lower footprint for standalone message
window users who took advantage of this.

Comment 12

[scottputterman]

I'm going to mark this a dup of 110556 because the newer bug has a patch
associated with it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 110556 ***

Comment 13

[laurel]

marking verified as a duplicate