640251 - Copy of bookmark directory in library window works on Win but not Mac

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1177654

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[RobertJ]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0

Run two instances of FF using two profiles and then open the library window in each. In one of the windows copy a bookmark folder. Switch to the library window in the other instance and paste the folder into a selected location.

This works on Win. This does not work on Mac.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch FF using profile A
2. Launch a 2nd instance of FF using profile B using the -no-remote switch
3. Open the Library window in FF using profile A
4. Open the Library window in FF using profile B
5. Select a bookmark folder on the toolbar in the Library window using profile A and copy
6. Establish focus in the Library window using profile B and paste
7. Using FF on Win this works
8. Using FF on Mac this does not work


Expected Results:  
I would expect this to work on Mac in the same way it works on Win.

Perhaps this is something that cannot be done on Mac?

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

maybe the format of the clipboard differs, and we are not doing a good conversion on Mac.
Confirming for investigation.

Comment 2

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Bug 1177654 is about the fact that we can't currently copy folders between Firefox instances. I think we can forward mark this as a dupe of that one. If this was or wasn't an issue before, bug 1177654 is the one that tracks it now.