945425 - "Relaunch in Desktop" is not available on the Metro Firefox start page

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Metro Graveyard :: App Bar, defect, P2)

Description

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

Since we hide the contextual appbar buttons on the start page, there's no way to immediately switch to desktop if you decide to switch right after launching (or after opening a new tab).

I think we should keep the menu button visible on about:start, with the "Relaunch in Desktop" command visible.  (The other menu items could be hidden or disabled on about:start.)

Comment 1

[Yuan Wang(:Yuan) – Mobile Firefox Design Lead]

That's a good catch. 
I think for v1, keeping the menu button on start page would be the best solution. 

With some new tab display ideas for v2, I am thinking it's probably better to take the "relaunch in desktop" option out from menu and make it feel more like a system command by placing it on the tab strip.

Comment 2

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

I'd like to take this bug for iteration 20; p=1.

Comment 3

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

Attachment: patch

Comment 4

[Sam Foster [:sfoster] (he/him)]

Comment on attachment 8344070 [details] [diff] [review]
patch

Review of attachment 8344070 [details] [diff] [review]:
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Looks good and wells well for me.

::: browser/metro/theme/browser.css
@@ +713,5 @@
>  
>  /* Contextual toolbar controls */
>  
>  #toolbar-context-autocomplete,
> +.hide-on-start,

Not important here/now, but are going to want this to mean hide-on-about-colon-pages eventually?

Comment 5

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/fx-team/rev/ea05293f8360

Comment 6

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/ea05293f8360

Comment 7

[Manuela Muntean [Away]]

Verified as fixed for iteration #21, with latest Nightly on Win 8.1 64-bit:  "Relaunch in Desktop" is available on the Metro Firefox start page.