Firefox search box size differs win7 and *buntus

[Rob Peters]

Search input box size for Firefox 7.01 differs between a WIN7 Firefox 7.01 and any Ubuntu on 11.04 and 11.10 same version. Note, Chrome on all Ubuntus show box right size. See http://www.guardian-angels.org

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 8.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1~mfn1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: rob 1776 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20111020150101
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfbff8000 irq 54'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,1458a002,00100001'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 21
Channel: beta
Date: Tue Nov 1 11:07:43 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
IpRoute:
 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.100 metric 1
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=8.0/20111020150101 (Running)
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserJS:
 network.protocol-handler.external.picasa - true
 network.protocol-handler.app.picasa - /opt/picasa/bin/picasa
dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F8
dmi.board.name: P55-USB3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8:bd08/10/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP55-USB3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP55-USB3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: P55-USB3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Rob Peters (makitso)]

<form action="index.php" method="post" class="search">
 <label for="mod_search_searchword">

  Search </label>
 <input name="searchword" id="mod_search_searchword" maxlength="20" class="inputbox" type="text" size="20" value="Search" onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='Search';" onfocus="if(this.value=='Search') this.value='';" /><input type="image" value="Search" class="button" src="/templates/ga_j15/images/searchButton.gif"/> <input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_search" />
 <input type="hidden" name="task" value="search" />
</form>

See three diff attachments

[Rob Peters (makitso)]

The problem is a form with a size=20 in FF results in much extra padding at the end of the text box (see attached). This padding does not exist in FF 7.01 on Win7 or in Chrome on Ubuntu.

[Colby (cbrownlinux)]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, the visual appearances you are describing aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum. http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use.