78174 - "Open File" should open into window where command was given

Status: NEW

(Core :: XUL, defect, P5)

Description

[wing-tung Leung]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.4.4 i686; en-US; 0.8.1) Gecko/20010326
BuildID:    2001032614

When you open a file with the "Open File .." menu item, the page is loaded in
the last opened window, and not in the current one. I suggest to integrate the
"Open Web Location .." and "Open File .." items more, both being able to choose
between the current windows (default), a new window, or maybe the composer.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Hit "File", and "Open File .."

Actual Results:  N/A

Expected Results:  Look at the description field.

Look at the description field.

Comment 1

[timeless]

Use open location and select browse?

Personally, if file>open doesn't load in the current window i'd want a bug for 
it.

Comment 2

[wing-tung Leung]

Hum, the "problem" is more complicated. The file is loaded into the Mozilla
window which had the last focus. (I use dual head). To trigger it in the FVWM2
window manager:

1 - Open a new Mozilla window using the "File" menu or the Ctrl-N hotkey
2 - Open the "Open File .." dialog box using the "File" menu or Ctrl-O hotkey
3 - Focus over the new Mozilla window (don't focus the original window anymore)
4 - Select a file to open.

The new file is loaded into the last focused window. If I focus the original
window again before opening the file, the original window will contain the new page.

Comment 3

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Ok, then that's probably an XP Toolkit bug. We certainly don't need a window 
selector in the `Open File' dialog, because you can just activate a particular 
window and choose `Open File' from there. What we do need to do is make sure 
that activating a particular window and choosing `Open File' from there 
actually *works*.

Comment 4

[Peter Trudelle]

confirming, clarifying summary.  The basic open file sequence works fine, this
just adds a case where the target is changed before the dialog is dismissed.
Certainly minor, some mozillians might even consider it a feature ;-)
->bryner/p5/future

Comment 5

[Brian Ryner (not reading)]

this really seems like it should go over to xp apps, but...