Bug 1889423 - Thunderbird search dropdown does not work on Wayland
Summary: Thunderbird search dropdown does not work on Wayland
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gtk3
Version: 32
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matthias Clasen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-10-19 16:04 UTC by Ben Engbers
Modified: 2021-05-25 17:59 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2021-05-25 17:59:06 UTC
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Description Ben Engbers 2020-10-19 16:04:11 UTC
I am using Thunderbird on a Fedora machine. My desktop manager is Gnome. After the last update the version number for Thunderbird is 78.3.1

After installing Thunderbird (during setup from Fedora 32), two items were added to the Gnome application menu:
'Thunderbird' and 'Thunderbird on Wayland'.
The normal way to use 'Search' is by selecting Edit => Search and than a submenu should display.
When using 'Thunderbird', the submenu displays as usual..
When using 'Thunderbird on Wayland' (which is my default) the submenu is not displayed.

I first posted a message on mozillazine.org (http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=3066324&sid=fcc99b05a4a44972f1fecead04049eca).
According to mozilla.org, this problem is Fedora related and should be filed here.

Ben

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5.8.14-200.fc32.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Oct 7 14:47:56 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Thinderbird
2. Select Edit -> Search
3.

Actual results: no results


Expected results: submenu


Additional info:

Comment 1 Olivier Fourdan 2021-02-12 08:34:40 UTC
Wayland is a set of protocols, the bug described here is not with Wayland but with the implementation - Moving to gtk where this is implemented.

Comment 2 Andy 2021-02-14 15:22:05 UTC
I'm also seeing the issue, on Fedora 33, Gnome 3.38.3 and Thunderbird for Wayland 78.7.0 (64-Bit).

Actually, no sub-menu seems to work. When right clicking on a message, the main context menu is shown, but sub-menus are not ("Forward as").

When composing a message, the menu for the spell check language will not open either, in the right part of the status bar.

Comment 3 Ben Engbers 2021-02-20 15:56:09 UTC
My default desktop manager is Gnome.
While figuring out how I can use an application that is known not to work under Wayland, I changed temporarily to Gnome Xorg.

I noticed that Thunderbird for Wayland works fine under Gnoem Xorg.

Ben

Comment 4 Fedora Program Management 2021-04-29 17:11:41 UTC
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Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 32 on 2021-05-25.
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Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2021-05-25 17:59:06 UTC
Fedora 32 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2021-05-25. Fedora 32 is
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