645512 - Show all Bookmark History Downloads Windows doNot an idea but a bug. I have two monitors creating a continuous desktop using Mac OS X 10.6.7 on a Mac Pro. I could not open the 'Show all bookmarks' or 'Show all history' although the word Library c not open

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 644733

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[g8wkl]

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

I have two monitors creating a continuous desktop using Mac OS X 10.6.7 on a Mac Pro.
I could not open the 'Show all bookmarks' or 'Show all history' although the word Library came up in the Window menu, nothing happened. Indeed the download window did not open when I downloaded a file despite being set to do so. After a lot of fiddling, I found that it was only when Firefox was running in the left hand monitor. When I ran it on the right hand monitor, there was no problem and everything worked fine. Also when I was running a window with multiple tabs on the left hand window and I tried to take one of the tabs off into a new window, not only did it not happen, but the tab disappeared as well!
The only way to get round it was to open Firefox with the option button and select reset controls. Then it worked Ok until I moved into the left hand window whereupon it stopped working again.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See notes above
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Expected Results:  
The subsiduary windows should open regardless of which monitor, left or right, the program window is running in.

Comment 1

[Andrew Berry]

I'm running into this as well with Firefox 4.0. It's been a problem since the early betas at least, though it's a tricky bug to replicate.

Comment 2

[spopejoy]

This is happening to me after using FF4 for about a week.

This bug is affecting me, with a similar dual-monitor config. Simply moving the FF window to the left screen makes Library window no longer arise. 

Resetting controls temporarily fixes it until I move it to the other monitor. 

Comment: I use history and bookmark windows extensively, plus resetting controls undoes a LOT of work spent getting rid of the annoying UI changes: Status-4-Evar gets broken by reset controls; tabs move to the top; the bookmark manager button returns to my links toolbar. It would have been thoughtful if Mozilla could have provided a full reset to the FF3 interface, similarly to how Thunderbird handled changes to 3. 

As a result I am downgrading to 3 at least until this bug is fixed.

Comment 3

[spopejoy]

(In reply to comment #2)
I am on OSX Leopard on a MacBook; CRT is right-monitor with menu bar.

Comment 4

[douglas godfrey]

I am also getting this bug. 

"Open Link in a New Tab" contextual menu works but "Open Link in New Window" 
contextual menu item does not work if used from a window that is not on the 
Main Monitor. The link is shown in the Window menu but no Browser Window is 
opened.


Mac Pro, OS X 10.6.7, Firefox 4.0.1, 3x 24" monitors, menu bar on right monitor.

Extensions

Name 	Version 	Enabled 	ID
HTTPS-Everywhere	0.9.5	true	[e-mail]
NoScript		2.1.0.2	true	{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
Anonymizer Nevercookie	0.1	false	[e-mail]
BetterPrivacy		1.50	true	{d40f5e7b-d2cf-4856-b441-cc613eeffbe3}
Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon	0.2.4	true	[e-mail]
Adblock Plus		1.3.6	true	{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}

Comment 5

[amellors+mozbugz]

I see this issue as well (Some more info & details)
OS X 10.6.7
MacBookPro6,2
NVidia GT 330M

I have dual monitors, and when the Menu bar is on my external monitor & the active Mozilla window is on the built in monitor then I cannot create new windows.

If I make the active window one on the external monitor it works fine, or if I move the Menu bar to the built in monitor, then it works in all cases.

Comment 6

[spopejoy]

Any updates on this?? Looks like 4 users with different OS X environments. This is a showstopper for me.

Comment 7

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

duplicate of bug 632749?

Comment 8

[Dima]

The same issue for me: in a dual-display environment (Macintosh Extended Desktop) Firefox will not create a new window if the currently active window is not on the main monitor (the one with the Mac OS menu bar)
  System Version:	Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
  Kernel Version:	Darwin 10.8.0
Firefox 6.0