Jan 19, 2020

Disappearance of Tag Toolbar

Some users reported Tag Toolbar v1.0.0 shows an empty toolbar suddenly as the following screenshot.

It has not reproduce on my environment so the image was taken by removing all elements in the toolbar. It may be a little bit different from the actual case.


I have also experienced that issue while I developed Tag Toolbar v1.0.0, which was the reason of delay of Thunderbird 68 compatible Tag Toolbar.
It did not occur by changing the way of XUL overlay. So I thought it was resolved.

So far, the followings are the common in the bug reports:
  • QuickFolders add-on is installed
  • It works fine at the first time but it does not after restart of Thunderbird

As described the top of the post, I have not been able to reproduce the issue yet. However, by considering the situation, I doubt cache mechanisms of Thunderbird.

So, I implemented an experimental option to disable the cache in Toolbar 1.0.1b4.
Can you try it if you have the problem?


It may make start of Thunderbird slower. In case the option arises a problem on your environment, it can be disabled by the Tag Toolbar option. Uncheck the "Disable XUL cache mechanisms of Thunderbird".


Technically, it configures as follows:
  • execute nsIXULRuntime.invalidateCachesOnRestart()
  • set "nglayout.debug.disable_xul_cache" preference to true








3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have this problem and I have tested your Beta 1.0.1b4, with no other AddOns running. My TB is v68.4.1 (32-Bit) on Windows 10 Home v1903.
It works after fiddling around a little. Also I have the follwing AddOns running, but I am not sure yet whether everything is running fine:
Tag Toolbar
XNote+ +
CompactHeader
FiltaQuilla
gContactSync
Identity Chooser
Lightning
Mailbox Alert
mailmindr
NestedOuote Remover
Später Senden

This is just a work around, is it? So you are still searching for the cause?

Thanks for your great toolbar!
Jan

Anonymous said...

The pref 'Thread pane style' ist not working in normal (unchecked) status. Ther seems to be a interference with the AddOn 'mailmindr'.
Jan

h.ogi said...

This will be a permanent countermeasure.
I do not have a measure other than disabling caching.

Regarding mailmindr, it also changes style of thread pane. It is a conflict of functionality. You need to choose which one is used.

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