659952 - impossible to get out of add-on manager with mouse when always show tab bar is not selected.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

Description

[u416532]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.68 Safari/534.30
Build Identifier: 4.1

when I unselect Always show tab bar under tab options there is no way to get out of the add-on manager with the mouse when there is only one tab.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. click on options
2.click on tabs
3. unselect always show the tab bar
4. make sure there is only one tab open(you cannot see it as a tab)
5. open add-on manager
6. try to get out of the add-on manager without using the keyboad (Ctrl t)

Actual Results:  
you cannot get out of the add-on manager without using the keyboard

Expected Results:  
not sure...

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop] (he/him)]

Well there is file - new tab I guess. Maybe we should always show the tab bar in this case though

Comment 2

[fixtv]

fwiw i think an additional button on the window would be a better solution. when someone check the tab "off" they do not want to see any tabs at all.

Comment 3

[u416532]

My idea is that the add-ons manager could open as a new window (like with the old add-on manager)if the tab bar is not shown.  Then you could just close it when your done with it and be back where you started without having to think about tabs at all.

Comment 4

[u416532]

Always show tab bar option has been removed.

Comment 5

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]. (NEEDINFO me if you want my attention)]

(In reply to bob1234567890200 from comment #4)
> Always show tab bar option has been removed.

It has been removed in Firefox (bug 855370), but what about SeaMonkey? Toolkit bugs like this one ought to apply to both browsers.

Comment 6

[Dave Townsend [:mossop] (he/him)]

(In reply to Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec] from comment #5)
> (In reply to bob1234567890200 from comment #4)
> > Always show tab bar option has been removed.
> 
> It has been removed in Firefox (bug 855370), but what about SeaMonkey?
> Toolkit bugs like this one ought to apply to both browsers.

This should have really been a Firefox bug, it's Firefox that does the hiding. If Seamonkey does it too then there should be a Seamonkey bug filed.

Comment 7

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]. (NEEDINFO me if you want my attention)]

(In reply to Dave Townsend (:Mossop) from comment #6)
> (In reply to Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec] from comment #5)
> > (In reply to bob1234567890200 from comment #4)
> > > Always show tab bar option has been removed.
> > 
> > It has been removed in Firefox (bug 855370), but what about SeaMonkey?
> > Toolkit bugs like this one ought to apply to both browsers.
> 
> This should have really been a Firefox bug, it's Firefox that does the
> hiding. If Seamonkey does it too then there should be a Seamonkey bug filed.

INVALID stands, but for a different reason: the addons manager is now a browser tab. So unless it is the only tab in its window, the tab bar will be shown (in SeaMonkey at least); and if it is, Alt→Tab, or clicking the other window on the OS toolbar, will get out of it (assuming you don't want to close it).