641588 - Tab close buttons are missing after a new tab was created by external app

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[tonytripled]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0

Clicking a link from an outside source (such as AIM or IRC) with only one tab open, creates a new tab without a way to close (the X button is missing from both tabs).   If you open a new tab X buttons will appear.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start firefox.  Ensure there is only one tab.
2.Click link through AIM or IRC.
Actual Results:  
Two tabs open, no way to close just one without opening a new tab.

Expected Results:  
Open the new tab, with an X button.

Theme: MX3 2.6.5.  However, this occurs on the default theme (and every theme).

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Screenshot:  http://i.imgur.com/7i0hg.png

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Does that also happen in safe mode? 

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe_Mode

Comment 3

[AndreiD[QA]]

Reproducible on:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0b13pre) Gecko/20110314 Firefox/4.0b13pre

*Note: I could reproduce on a clean profile

Comment 4

[AndreiD[QA]]

Attachment: ScreenCastComment#3

Comment 5

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Does that only happen when one single tab is open at the beginning?

Comment 7

[Gabriel]

Finally after trying to reproduce this bug I found that the problem lies in the incompatibility with FXChrome 2.1.3. In failsafe mode this bug is not reproducable for me, and neither with only this appearance disabled.

Comment 8

[AndreiD[QA]]

I can not reproduce this bug anymore:
On Nightly: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.2a1pre) Gecko/20110412 Firefox/4.2a1pre

Was it fixed? If yes, considering changing its status (also on whiteboard).

Comment 9

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Andrei, you could check the builds from the last days to find out which is the first build which does not show this issue.

Comment 10

[Gabriel]

This bug is still reproducible on this latest (at this time) nightly build:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:6.0a1) Gecko/20110429 Firefox/6.0a1
With only this appearance add-on enabled: FXChrome 2.1.3
What is weird is that firefox is still spell checking although I have turned off the addon and restarted.
Without the appearance add-on the bug is Not reproducible.

Comment 11

[John]

I am experiencing this bug:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0

When one tab is open, click a link from an external source - it opens a new tab - there are no close buttons on the tabs.

Opening a new tab from Firefox makes them appear.

This is reproducible every time.

Comment 12

[AndreiD[QA]]

(In reply to comment #11)
> I am experiencing this bug:
> 
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0
> 
> When one tab is open, click a link from an external source - it opens a new
> tab - there are no close buttons on the tabs.

Did you reproduce it with the addon FXChrome enabled as suggested in Comment 10.

I could not reproduce this issue on a clean FX profile (no addons) on latest Nightly:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0a1) Gecko/20110719 Firefox/8.0a1
Which would mean that the bug is resolved if considering its description.

Comment 13

[John]

Figured it out - hopefully...

I disabled the 'ColorfulTabs' addon and it is now working.

So I guess this addon was to blame.

Thanks.

Comment 14

[AndreiD[QA]]

(In reply to comment #13)
> Figured it out - hopefully...
> 
> I disabled the 'ColorfulTabs' addon and it is now working.
> 
> So I guess this addon was to blame.
> 
> Thanks.

Setting this as Resolved. Thanks for checking this.