Human theme appears in Add-Ons but can not be selected - others (Tangerine etc) working

[Christian Niemeyer]

Binary package hint: firefox-themes-ubuntu

After installing the package firefox-themes-ubuntu, I restart Firefox (2.0.0.6, from the repository). Then I go the "Add-Ons" > "Themes". There is Firefox default theme enabled (suggestion: maybe can this be switched, that when I install firefox-themes-ubuntu, that changes automatically to the Human theme in Firefox?). OK, now the bug: I can select the Tango theme from the package, also Tangerine theme works. But Human theme can _not_ be activated. The button "Activate" is grey. You definetely can not select the Human theme in the package. So firefox default theme remains.

Activating the other two themes provided by this package works! e.g. Tangerine. Restart Firefox. There you go, Tangerine theme is set.

There's a workaround though to activate the original human theme. So this behaviour is not user-friendly.
1. install firefox-themes-ubuntu
2. start firefox
3. add-ons select Human-Theme (not possible as described above) OK, then selec tangerine oder tango theme.
4. restart firefox
5. selected theme is set
6. now again go the add-ons section. NOW is is possible to selecht human theme.
7. restart firefox
8. _NOW_ human theme is set in firefox.

I can't get it to work in another way. So this must be a bug. As I see, it's not possible to select the human theme in the first run. The button is grey. the other choices work from beginning. I reproduced this behaviour several times.

Sorry, for some typos and my language, it's quite late.

Thanks!

[Christian Niemeyer (christian-niemeyer)]

Sorry, I forget to say, that normally the correct behaviour is, that in the Add-Ons -> Themes section a button is grey on a theme, which is selected currently. But human theme is not selected automatically when having installed firefox-themes-ubuntu. Firefox default themes seems to be selected and it looks like this.

OK, let's conclude: So on Firefox default theme, the button is grey, you can't activate it, which is right, because it's running. But I wonder, why the Human theme, which is _not_ running at this time, can not be selected, either. While selecting Tango oder Tangerine works in first run. Human only with workaround, described above.

This is a more essential despripton. I hope you can get it or reproduce this behaviour? When I got time I can make some screenshots, if they are necessary.

[VLK (valentyn)]

I cannot confirm this bug.
I've just installed the firefox-themes-ubuntu package to test it and everything works fine for me.
I had similar problem in Firefox's download dialogue: as the download dialogue appeared the save button wasn't active. I solved the problem by clicking the inactive save button once, and the button became active. Try to do the same, and report you experience here.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

the reason its greyed out here is because its already enabled atleast when i try to confirm your bug. Please make sure it wasnt set to human when you installed firefox-themes-*

[VLK (valentyn)]

Can't understand what you mean John?!
Christian says the default Firefox theme is enabled, not the Human theme. He can't change to Human theme, because the "Use Theme" button is grey (means disabled).

[Christian Niemeyer (christian-niemeyer)]

what I experienced was, in default firefox-themes-ubuntu is not installed. So Firefox has its default theme. Then installing firefox-themes-ubuntu and restarting firefox remains still the default ff theme (this is not the bug, but a suggestion, that it would be enabled automatically e.g. by a script which could be added to the package). The bug is, that when I go to the theme settings in "Add-Ons" I can not activate the Human theme, though it seems not to be selected, because default theme is still set, too. It looks like both themes are enabled at the same time, which is of course not the case. So I first have to select another theme. Restart Firefox, then I can select the Human theme. You can see cleary what theme is enabled, by the close buttons on the tabs, when Human theme is enabled an working, these close buttons are also in a human orange/brown style.

But I will check this again and if I'm not wrong what that bug, will make some screenshots. Stay tuned. :-)

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 RC or later?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

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