955725 - The chat window does not close after a /part command

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Chat Core :: IRC, defect)

Description

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*** Original post on bio 2274 by Alexis Metaireau <alexis+bugs AT mozilla.com> at 2013-12-10 09:14:00 UTC ***

When connected on irc and issuing a /part message (to leave a channel) it lets the conversation window open, where I was expeting it to close it.

Comment 1

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

*** Original post on bio 2274 at 2013-12-10 13:33:55 UTC ***

The wanted behavior is that "parting" a room removes you from it but does not close the tab. This is useful if you still want to reference a conversation. This seems to be just a different expectation, but you can try to convince us by going into more detail about why you expect this.

Comment 2

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

*** Original post on bio 2274 at 2013-12-10 13:55:09 UTC ***

(In reply to comment #1)
> The wanted behavior is that "parting" a room removes you from it but does not
> close the tab. This is useful if you still want to reference a conversation.
> This seems to be just a different expectation, but you can try to convince us
> by going into more detail about why you expect this.

I think I wouldn't need much convincing that the current behavior doesn't make much sense because I can't think of a single actual use case for needing to keep the tab open to reference stuff from it, but needing to not be in the room any more.

However, I do think fixing this bug may be more work than it's worth. Especially because it requires interactions between the IRC protocol back-end and the UI.