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In Pale Moon 27.0.2(x86) on Windows 7 SP1 64-bit...

Under Tools, Status bar options, Download there's an option "animate button when download completes" but unchecking this button does not stop the animations. To stop all the animations I need to create a new boolean setting in about:config, browser.download.animateNotifications = false

Could you please fix the options dialog so that unchecking the box stops the download animation.

(This bug also existed in earlier versions of Pale Moon, it was not introduced in v27.)

ari5_96 wrote:In Pale Moon 27.0.2(x86) on Windows 7 SP1 64-bit...
Under Tools, Status bar options, Download there's an option "animate button when download completes" but unchecking this button does not stop the animations. To stop all the animations I need to create a new boolean setting in about:config, browser.download.animateNotifications = false
Could you please fix the options dialog so that unchecking the box stops the download animation.
(This bug also existed in earlier versions of Pale Moon, it was not introduced in v27.)

Not confirmed.
See https://github.com/MoonchildProductions ... -262497785

There are two different "downloads buttons" - do you use the "right" button?

Animate button (about:config):
"browser.download.animateNotifications" - Pale Moon (native)
"status4evar.download.notify.animate" - Status Bar

OK I think I understand the problem more clearly now. So far as I can tell:

- There are two buttons: "Downloads" and "Download Status". - The options under Tools, Status bar options, Download affect only the Download Status button.
The browser.download.animateNotifications setting in about:config affects the Downloads button.

There seem to be a couple of problems with this from a usability perspective:

- The default configuration shows the Downloads button but not the Download Status button, but the dialog options control only the Download Status button (which is not on the toolbar by default).

- The dialog is under Tools, Status bar options, but the the Download Status button is a toolbar button, which need not be on the status bar.

Possible improvements to the UI:

- "Tools, Status bar options" should be "Tools, Status options", because that dialog includes several things (not just Download) that are not necessarily on the status bar.

- A dialog option somewhere that sets browser.download.animateNotifications

- Clearer distinction between the two buttons, eg separate dialog page for each button, with the dialog page and text on it matching the button exactly ("Downloads", "Download Status") so it's clearer which controls affect which button.