Closed Bug 25088 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Ability to reload current Sidebar panel

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Sidebar, defect, P2)

defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: paulmac, Assigned: slamm)

References

Details

(Keywords: polish, Whiteboard: [pdt-][nsbeta3+])

Are there plans for a reload button at the top of the sidebar? The spec say so in a couple places, but I wanted to double check before asking slamm to put it in. Another idea, instead of a reload button, is to force a reload when you click on the title bar of the panel that is currently being shown. For example, if My Stocks is your current panel that is being shown, clicking on the My Stocks title bar should force a reload of that panel. Actually, I like this idea regardless of whether a reload button is implemented.
*** Bug 25413 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 25413 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Thank for pointing this out. I don't think the titlebar overloaded as reloader would very discoverable as the sole means of refreshing a stuck or stale panel. I too would like to see the reload button implemented as we do have this in the spec. It's probably OK to use icon here to save space (similar to reload on nav bar, I'll supply if we all agree)
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
marking beta1, need to be able to reload sidebar content
Keywords: beta1
Whiteboard: [pdt-]
spam: changing qa contact on sidebar bugs from paulmac to shrir@netscape.com (all 67 of them!)
QA Contact: paulmac → shrir
This one never made into PR1, do we want to make it into PR2? ben?
Assignee: german → ben
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Reassigning to German, as per Don. Please specify how this should be done...
Assignee: ben → german
Any updates for this bug?
nsbeta3, polish Looks like we decided to not have a separate "reload" widget, but no one ever decided if the browser reload button should also reload the sidebar or not, or if we should add "reload tab" to the context menu for sidebar. The content could include a "reload" button, but it might not be downloaded in the first place. Slamm, does switching between tabs cause a reload? If this is considered a new feature, the answer is probably no to this bug.
Keywords: nsbeta3, polish
recommendation: leave as is in terms of visible controls, but we should have a context menu item allowing for reload of any any open sidebar tab. The context menu for open tabs should contain: Reload ------ Customize "NameofTab"... but this is probably for another bug. assigning to slamm for creating a context menu over open tabs and for adding at least the reload item for now.
Assignee: german → slamm
I think the context menu should be on the panel header and also have a 'remove' option. There should also be a context menu on tabs containing web content, a stripped down browser context menu to allow reloading and saving of content, etc.
nav triage team: nsbeta3+ *only* for adding a context menu for "reload". No to everything else - all other tangents can be put into new bugs. One remaining question - should switching tabs force a reload of that tab? Perceived performance may suggest that you do not do that, but it would solve this reload problem in a more discoverable way then a context menu.
Whiteboard: [pdt-] → [pdt-][nsbeta3+]
Priority: P3 → P2
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Whiteboard: [pdt-][nsbeta3+] → [pdt-][nsbeta3+]Rewrote sidebarOverlay.js to add reload function. Now need to expose in UI.
You can now reload panels by hiding them and reshowing them. You either pick a different panel then switch back, or you collapse and expand the entire sidebar. I have not created a context menu, but I think this is good enough for nsbeta3. Marking fixed.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Whiteboard: [pdt-][nsbeta3+]Rewrote sidebarOverlay.js to add reload function. Now need to expose in UI. → [pdt-][nsbeta3+]
verified on builds - win/mac/ilnux 2000090508m18
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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