[Bug 583797] Re: "Warn on closing with multiple tabs open" not honored

Thu Jan 24 20:24:30 UTC 2013

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On 2009-07-07T20:10:58+00:00 Tellrob wrote:

This caused me to lose 50+ tabs today on 3.5.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a new profile
2. uncheck Prefs -> Tabs -> Warn me when closing multiple tabs
3. Open up some tabs.
4. Close the browser (File -> Exit)

No warning appears despite browser.warnOnQuit being true. The tabs are
not saved.

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On 2009-07-07T20:21:28+00:00 Ria-klaassen wrote:

Yes, both prefs should set to true. I believe it always been like this
from the beginning of the Quit dialog.

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On 2009-07-07T20:34:59+00:00 Tellrob wrote:

Here's the use case for having tabs.warnOnClose set to false and browser.warnOnQuit set to true:
I have tabs.warnOnClose set to false so that I can easily close windows via the taskbar previews in windows 7 (knowing that I can get them back through "Recently Closed Windows"). I still want to be prompted when I exit the browser to save my tabs.

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On 2009-07-08T00:39:52+00:00 Gavin Sharp wrote:

This behavior was a tradeoff that we made late in the 3.0 cycle, there
are a bunch of bugs that go over this in more detail (bug 433018, bug
428843). There are some open bugs that cover related issues (bug 419009,
bug 443396, bug 384907). I think this is a dupe of bug 419009?

I don't think that wanting to be warned when quitting but not when
closing a window is that common, though now that we have undo-close-
window I guess it's more logical.

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On 2009-07-21T21:19:30+00:00 Marcus-ps+mozilla wrote:

I have

browser.tabs.warnOnClose = true
browser.warnOnQuit = true
browser.warnOnRestart = true

If I close a window with multiple tabs I get a warning dialog box. If I
choose quit from the meny, I get no warning whatsoever. If I choose
"restart Firefox" from the addon update window, I get no warning
whatsoever.

If my privacy options are set to "Clear history at restart", even though
I have all these options set to true, and even though I have an option
stating "Start Firefox with the windows/tabs from last time", an
addon/browser update, or a quit due to instability issues wipes out all
my open windows and tabs with no hope of recovering them.

This really makes no sense to me, and there should be a safer way to
ensure that the expectations of the developers and the users don't clash
in this way causing loss of data.

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On 2012-02-29T23:53:45+00:00 Pppx wrote:

*** Bug 676679 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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On 2012-02-29T23:53:54+00:00 Pppx wrote:

*** Bug 676677 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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On 2012-02-29T23:55:51+00:00 Pppx wrote:

*** Bug 641500 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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On 2012-02-29T23:56:09+00:00 Pppx wrote:

*** Bug 644693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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On 2012-03-01T11:31:08+00:00 Pppx wrote:

This problem should be resolved after Bug 550559 landed

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On 2012-03-01T11:32:58+00:00 Pppx wrote:

Also, current warning on quit behavior described here:
http://blog.zpao.com/post/3174360617/about-that-quit-dialog
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/84921e24be9c/browser/components/nsBrowserGlue.js#l443

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** Changed in: firefox
       Status: Unknown => Confirmed

** Changed in: firefox
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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