Resize grip drawing over scrollbar arrow button

[Marc Deslauriers]

Binary package hint: firefox

Since the bottom right corner resize grip is now being added to gtk 2.x windows, it's being displayed over firefox's scrollbar arrow, making it very hard to target the arrow for scrolling down. The attached screenshot shows the difference between the scrollbar arrow in firefox, and the one in gnome-terminal, for example.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 4.0~rc1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 21 10:09:01 2011
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 4.0~rc1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
 flashplugin-installer N/A
 adobe-flashplugin N/A
 icedtea-plugin 1.1~20110320-0ubuntu1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[JockeTF (jocketf)]

This doesn't only affect Firefox. I can see the handle overlapping other widgets in gnome-terminal, Pidgin, Audacious and the engine selection in gnome-appearance-properties. None of the widgets are as important as the scroll bar buttons, but the overlapping handle seems to be a problem affecting many applications in Natty.

Screenshots: http://jocke.furver.se/images/overlap/

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Please report separate bugs for other applications rather than discussing them here. This bug is specifically about firefox

[exzemat (exzemat)]

this problem is very visible on firefox (particularly on kubuntu natty) like you can see here
http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1301475243.png

but it's affect some other gtk applications too,
here empathy :
http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1301741778.png

so I think that the solution must be find in gtk2-engine and not only in firefox....

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

A solution in gtk2-engines isn't going to fix this bug in Firefox (it needs to be removed entirely in Firefox, and you can't do that from the theme engine). It also won't fix other applications where the grippy obscures another UI element.

However, if you just have a problem with the colour of the resize grippy rather than the fact that it obscures other UI elements, feel free to report a separate bug against the theme or theme engine.

[Ivo Anjo (knuckles)]

Also appears on the eclipse splash screen.

[Ricardo Ferreira (ricardofcf)]

I'm sorry but so, the same bug that is causing the resize grip to be drawn over the scrollbar arrow button is making it "black" (as shown in #4)?

[Ivo Anjo (knuckles)]

I think that maybe #746271 is not a duplicate of this one.

[David García (dav.garcia)]

Hi,

Here's a hack to hide the resize grip:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3116619

It did work for me.

[JockeTF (jocketf)]

Thank you!

That hack works fine in other desktop environments as well if you put it in ~/.gtkrc-2.0.mine instead. The resize grips have annoyed me quite a bit as I resize windows with Alt + Right mouse button.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

That link 404'd, but another site suggested this:

style "default-style"
{
GtkWindow::resize-grip-height = 0
GtkWindow::resize-grip-width = 0
}

class "GtkWidget" style "default-style"

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

There is no longer a resize grip there, so it's not an issue anymore.