738932 - Add a discoverable way to restore a doorhanger after hiding it

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 700437

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

Steps to reproduce:
1. Do something that generates a doorhanger (e.g. try to install an add-on from an untrusted site).
2. Tap outside of the doorhanger.

Results: The doorhanger hides, with no obvious way to get it back.  (You can re-do the action, but this isn't always easy if it was something like logging into a site with a new password.)

It actually *is* possible to bring the doorhanger back by switching to a different tab and then switching back, but this is not discoverable.

In desktop Firefox, the hidden doorhanger is replaced by a small icon in the urlbar, next to the favicon.  Tapping on the icon restores the doorhanger.  We could do the same in Fennec, or (to avoid adding more stuff to the already-cramped urlbar) we could highlight the favicon itself and allow tapping on it to bring back the hidden doorhanger.

Patryk, Madhava, any thoughts?

Comment 1

[:Margaret Leibovic]

This looks like a dupe of bug 700437, but it looks like there's some confusion in that bug as to what it's about.