Thunderbird - Lightning - missing dropdowns

julesm · 2017-04-30 08:16:31

Has anyone else noticed that in Thunderbird/Lightning the dropdowns when creating/editing events have gone missing? I've attached an image from mozilla's site showing where they used to be. Creating/editing events still works, but you cannot access the dropdown lists that displayed a range of times or dates as appropriate. This happened once before in a previous update to Thunderbird but then an almost immediate subsequent update returned the functionality. I tested by creating a new profile and the dropdowns were missing even in the new profile.

I'm running thunderbird 52.0.1-2 (x86_64).

Just wanted to check in with other users before creating a bug report...

Cheers, Jules

PS I've tried to follow forum rules with the image below...

Here's the image with circles where the dropdowns used to be:

x33a · 2017-04-30 08:45:35

There were some issues with Thunderbird 52 and Lightning: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=224903

I haven't gone through that thread, but you might find something relevant.

julesm · 2017-04-30 08:51:38

Many thanks - went through that thread and have seen elsewhere recent issues with either just getting the calendar to work at all or I believe there are some threads about getting the translations to work. It's now working - it's just those pesky dropdowns that seem to be missing. Haven't seen where anyone else is talking about that particular issue and so I thought I would throw it out for any other TB/Lightning users who might have also noticed this...

Thanks again.

Cheers,
Jules

x33a · 2017-04-30 09:18:00

Have you tried changing the theme? Perhaps try changing the GTK theme as well.

loqs · 2017-04-30 09:50:16

The controls are missing for me as well but using the up or down arrow key when the cursor is in one of the date/time fields causes the date/time selection widget to appear for me.
Edit:
grammar added "arrow key"

Last edited by loqs (2017-04-30 09:51:23)

fabertawe · 2017-04-30 10:31:23

I build thunderbird-gtk2 (52.0.1-2) from the AUR and all's working as it should be here.

SRookie88 · 2017-04-30 14:26:39

I can confirm this problem with the stock Thunderbird install (thunderbird 52.0.1-2). I have tried several themes including Adwaita with no luck.

Like loqs mentions though you can access the dropdowns using the arrow keys.

x33a · 2017-04-30 19:39:23

Moving thread to Apps & DEs.

julesm · 2017-05-01 11:56:55

Many thanks for the replies. Changing the theme doesn't correct the issue. But I'm very grateful to loqs for the tip regarding the arrow keys - that's great to know there's a workaround! I've so far resisted turning to the aur when the application is included in the official repositories... Fingers crossed it gets resolved in a future release and returns to normal functionality.

Thanks again.

Jules

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#1 2017-04-30 08:16:31

Thunderbird - Lightning - missing dropdowns

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