Linux build 2000-11-21-08 Steps to reproduce: 1) Go to the url provided (or anyplace where you have to get content you don't have a helper for) 2) Try to click on a link to play streaming music 3) Get the "downloading" dialog 4) Try to type an application name Actual results: can't type in textfield

Confirming build 2000112304 win32. I'm not sure we are supposed to be able to write in it though, because you have to chose the file using "Choose...". However I agree that it would be a great addition to have a second textfield specifying the location of the program, so you could simply type in the local url of the program to use, as it happens in most other softwares. What do you think Boris? Fabian. Changing OS to all, marking new.

In every single other instance of such fields (eg the file upload field or even the field in which you enter the application under Preferences -> Helpers), you can type in the text field. So we should be consistent with that behavior.

A simple matter of removing readonly="true" in source/xpfe/components/ucth/resources/helperAppLauncher.xul However there is a reason (that I ignore) for this readonly to be there... Fabian.

I can't think of a good reason that should be there.... CVS blame shows that the readonly="true" was there in the original revision of the file. CVS comments do not list a reason for that to be there.

Actually, the patch I have provided based on Fabian's observation fixes nothing useful (again, per Fabian's observation). The application to be used comes from an internal variable in helperAppLauncher.js instead of coming from the textfield, so just modifying the textfield by typing in it is not very helpful... I'll talk to mpt about this and if he says that the current behavior needs to be changed I'll look for a way to make this work more like the file upload form field.

handing over to mscott, at least to review the patch --pls change if this shouldn't be yours. thx!

This is actually a duplicate of bug 49787, but I'm not sure which direction I should dup in.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 49787 ***

verified dup.