Bug 1443291 - Popups/overlays in thunderbird not shown anymore / minimizetotray not working anymore
Summary: Popups/overlays in thunderbird not shown anymore / minimizetotray not working...
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: thunderbird
Version: 26
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jan Horak
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-04-19 04:51 UTC by bugzilla
Modified: 2018-05-29 11:55 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2018-05-29 11:55:58 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description bugzilla 2017-04-19 04:51:43 UTC
Description of problem:
Since upgrading to F26-alpha some things in thunderbird dont work anymore.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
thunderbird-52.0-2.fc26.x86_64

How reproducible:
Install the plugin "minimize to tray revived" - it does not work. Closing will close thunderbird, instead of minimizing it to tray.
Even worse: creating a new entry in the calendar does not behave as before. When i clicked to the date field for the new entry, a calendar pops up. This does not happen anymore. Same with the time, a entry usually popped up where i can specify the time with 1-2 clicks. Now i have to enter the exact date and time manualy.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install lightning
2. Create an event 
3. Clicking into "begin" or "end" datetime fields 

Actual results:
no popups appear where i can select date/time

Expected results:
a new overlayed window where i can select values

Additional info:

Comment 1 bugzilla 2017-04-19 04:54:52 UTC
Short correction: seems like lightning is not available yet for that version of thunderbird, so maybe not a bug.

Comment 2 bugzilla 2017-04-19 04:57:04 UTC
Same behaviour with https://addons.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/addon/lightning/versions/beta?page=1#version-5.4b4 version-5.4b4 - but not sure if this is a lightning problem or thunderbird problem

Comment 3 Jan Horak 2017-04-20 09:24:09 UTC
You should not use downloadable Lightning addon as long as it's a part of Thunderbird for some time. Look for instruction there:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442836#c7

Comment 4 bugzilla 2017-04-21 06:16:50 UTC
Sorry i dont know what you mean with "its a part of thunderbird for some time" - when i remove the lightning addon, i have no calendar. 
I downloaded now the official one from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/projects/calendar/ and installed it, but still the same behaviour. 
Whats wierd (but dont know how to reproduce) is: i clicked during a phone call in the date field and the popup appeared but only once - i am unable to reproduce it to let it popup again.

Comment 5 Jan Horak 2017-04-21 06:46:45 UTC
You have to remove the your own installed calendar, then you need to go Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General/Config Editor, look for:
extensions.installedDistroAddon.{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}
and delete it (right click on it, then Reset). 

After TB restart the lightning extension should be reinstalled from system location. Lightning extension is part of the Thunderbird installation now.

Do not hesitate to contact us, if you have any troubles with the above steps.

Comment 6 bugzilla 2017-04-23 08:11:22 UTC
Thanks for that detailed help! I removed the installed AddOn, did a reset on that e2fda1a4... entry and restarted TB.
Unfortunately, the popups still do not appear when i click on the date field or the time field.

Comment 7 sixpack13 2017-06-03 17:29:21 UTC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458510

clicking on the baseline of the boxes shows the missing popup's and makes TB great again !

:-)

Comment 8 bugzilla 2017-06-04 08:16:53 UTC
I noticed when i use the arrow keys inside the field, the popup also appears again.

Comment 9 sixpack13 2017-06-20 20:41:05 UTC
as of today my bug (missing popup's) is gone !

thunderbird-52.2.0-1.fc26.x86_64

Comment 10 sixpack13 2017-06-20 20:41:32 UTC
THX

Comment 11 Jan Horak 2017-06-23 11:33:36 UTC
Thanks for letting us know.

Comment 12 bugzilla 2017-06-23 14:47:50 UTC
This bug is not fixed for me. I am up to date and still have that problem!
Wondering why someone can post "its fixed" and then its getting closed.
At least i would have expected that the thread starter has to verify it or give a comment or something like that. Maybe that process should be changed.

Comment 13 bugzilla 2017-06-23 14:50:06 UTC
What i can confirm: clicking on one of the "arrow down"-buttons near the text area where one can fill in the date/time, the calendar pops up. But it does not pop up when simply clicking into this field.

Comment 14 Jan Horak 2017-06-26 06:57:51 UTC
Ok, do the Thunderbird work fine with fresh profile? To test that start thunderbird with: thunderbird -P and make a new one for testing purposes).

Comment 15 bugzilla 2017-06-26 15:24:26 UTC
I created a new profile with "thunderbird -P" and configured my mail address. When i created a new event, the popup did not appear when clicking into the text area.

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