Firefox scales its interface inconsistently with the GNOME and Unity desktop environments
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox |
New
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Unknown
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
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- Real: <https:/
CASE 1: NOT SCALING
1. Open the "Firefox" application, and observe the current size of buttons and the start web-page.
2. Close the "Firefox" application.
3. In the "System Settings" application, go to the "Screen Display" section.
4. Set the "Scale for menus and title bars" option to 1.38.
5. Open the "Firefox" application, and observe that the current size of buttons and the start web-page has not been scaled.
CASE 2: SCALING TOO MUCH
1. Open the "Firefox" application.
2. Go to the "Tools --> Add-ons" menu.
3. In the "Get Add-Ons" tab, search for the "Zoom Page" add-on and install it.
4. In the "Extensions" tab, click on the "Zoom Page" add-on preferences button.
5. In the "Zoom Levels" tab, set the "Default Zoom Level (%)" option box to "150".
6. Go to the Firefox start page, and observe that the web-page sized has been scaled a 150%.
7. Go to the "Tools --> Add-ons" menu.
8. In the "Extensions" tab, click on the "Zoom Page" add-on preferences button.
9. In the "Zoom Levels" tab, set the "Default Zoom Level (%)" option box to "100".
10. In the "Extensions" tab, click on the "Zoom Page" add-on remove button.
11. Close the "Firefox" application.
12. In the "System Settings" application, go to the "Screen Display" section.
13. Set the "Scale for menus and title bars" option to 1.38.
14. Open the "Firefox" application, and observe that the current size of buttons and the start web-page has been scaled a 200%, instead of a 150%.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: firefox 38.0+build3-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic x86_64
AddonCompatChec
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
/dev/snd/
/dev/snd/
BuildID: 20150511103303
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu May 14 15:05:07 2015
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExt
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-21 (722 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static metric 1024
10.0.3.0/24 dev lxcbr0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.1
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.120
IwConfig:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
lxcbr0 no wireless extensions.
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
MostRecentCrashID: bp-497acbba-
Plugins: IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.5.2 (1.5.2-1ubuntu2)) - /usr/lib/
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=
RelatedPackageV
RfKill:
RunningIncompat
SourcePackage: firefox
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-25 (19 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/18/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: MS-7358
dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
dmi.board.version: Fab D
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixT
dmi.product.name: MS-7358
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: MEDIONPC
tags: | added: regression-update |
description: | updated |
tags: | removed: regression-update |
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Medium → Unknown |
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0
Build ID: 20150511103303
Steps to reproduce:
CASE 1: NOT SCALING
1. Open the "Firefox" application, and observe the current size of buttons and the start web-page.
2. Close the "Firefox" application.
3. In the "System Settings" application, go to the "Screen Display" section.
4. Set the "Scale for menus and title bars" option to 1.38.
5. Open the "Firefox" application, and observe that the current size of buttons and the start web-page has not been scaled.
CASE 2: SCALING TOO MUCH
1. Open the "Firefox" application.
2. Go to the "Tools --> Add-ons" menu.
3. In the "Get Add-Ons" tab, search for the "Zoom Page" add-on and install it.
4. In the "Extensions" tab, click on the "Zoom Page" add-on preferences button.
5. In the "Zoom Levels" tab, set the "Default Zoom Level (%)" option box to "150".
6. Go to the Firefox start page, and observe that the web-page sized has been scaled a 150%.
7. Go to the "Tools --> Add-ons" menu.
8. In the "Extensions" tab, click on the "Zoom Page" add-on preferences button.
9. In the "Zoom Levels" tab, set the "Default Zoom Level (%)" option box to "100".
10. In the "Extensions" tab, click on the "Zoom Page" add-on remove button.
11. Close the "Firefox" application.
12. In the "System Settings" application, go to the "Screen Display" section.
13. Set the "Scale for menus and title bars" option to 1.38.
14. Open the "Firefox" application, and observe that the current size of buttons and the start web-page has been scaled a 200%, instead of a 150%.
Actual results:
CASE 1: NOT SCALING
The current size of buttons and the start web-page does not scale.
CASE 2: SCALING TOO MUCH
The size of buttons and the start web-page scales a 200%.
Expected results:
CASE 1: NOT SCALING
The current size of buttons and the start web-page to scale a 138%.
CASE 2: SCALING TOO MUCH
The size of buttons and the start web-page to scale a 150%.