799893 - Default HTML message font is not preserved in list and after using a list

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[wst]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1
Build ID: 20120905151427

Steps to reproduce:

1. Run Thunderbird 15.0.1
2. Set default font in Tools > Options > Composition > General > HTML > Font
3. Open new message
4. Write FOO
5. Hit Enter
6. Start numbered list
7. Write TEST
8. Hit Enter twice to end numbered list
9. Write XYZ


Actual results:

Word TEST is not in default font.
Numbered list is not in default font.
Word XYZ is not in default font.



Expected results:

**Entire message** in default font.

And no, this is not a dupe of BUG 25039,
because this one was resolved as fixed 20. 6. 2012: „This bug has been fixed by bug 590640 and will be released in Thunderbird 15. Thunderbird 15 is currently in preview...“

Comment 1

[Joe Sabash [:JoeS1]]

The changes which fixed this problem were originally applied to Gecko 15 (TB15) but then later backed out. The latest release TB 16.0.1 still has the fix.
See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=590640#c74

Comment 2

[wst]

I can confirm that words "TEST" and "XYZ" are now correct in TB 16.0.1, but numbered list is still not using the default font.

See pic: http://imageshack.us/a/img593/9009/fontb.gif

Comment 3

[Joe Sabash [:JoeS1]]

I agree that the default font should apply to the list enumeration.
But that is a different ballgame entirely (not the aforementioned bugs)
Further, I see no way in the UI list properties to apply a font to a list in it's entirety. 
You can manipulate the html to accomplish it though.
<font face="Goudy Stout">
<ol type="1"><li>
one</li>
<li>two</li>
</ol>
</font>
Seems to work fine, but no easy way to get it in there.
We could probably morph this bug into an enhancement request, but realistically speaking, chances are slim to get any action on this soon.