Bug 473816
Summary: | Thunderbird - Copies and Folders dialog expects taller window than it has. | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Darren Fulton <dfulton> |
Component: | thunderbird | Assignee: | Christopher Aillon <caillon> |
Status: | CLOSED UPSTREAM | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 10 | CC: | dfulton, gecko-bugs-nobody, mcepl, veillard |
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Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2009-01-21 15:50:38 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Darren Fulton
2008-11-30 21:47:17 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue. Please attach your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf, if available) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if you have one) whatsoever and let X11 autodetect your display and video card? Attach to this bug /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt as well, please. We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information. Thanks in advance. Thank you for your response. I am not using an xorg.conf file. The problem is that these particular windows will not display at a small enough size to be usable. I am attaching a screenshot of the Ekiga "Configuration Assistant" window next to KDE Screen Ruler to illustrate the issue. If the window had a scroll bar, it probably would be fine. Since it doesn't, it is unusable on devices with maximum resolution of $numberX480 or smaller. Created attachment 325475 [details]
Picture of window that won't resize down small enough to work on netbook.
Created attachment 325478 [details]
Thunderbird preferences displayed on 480 px high monitor does not display all content.
Notice that you cannot see "Configure text format behavior" in this picture. It does display when at the window is ~530 px high. See next picture.
Created attachment 325479 [details]
Thunderbird preferences displayed on ~520 px high monitor does display all content.
Notice that you can see "Configure text format behavior" in this picture. It didn't appear when the window was ~460 px high. See previous picture.
(In reply to comment #2) > Thank you for your response. I am not using an xorg.conf file. The problem is > that these particular windows will not display at a small enough size to be > usable. I am attaching a screenshot of the Ekiga "Configuration Assistant" > window next to KDE Screen Ruler to illustrate the issue. If the window had a > scroll bar, it probably would be fine. Since it doesn't, it is unusable on > devices with maximum resolution of $numberX480 or smaller. I also attached 2 screenshots that show that the Thunderbird preferences window won't display all information when displayed at a height of less than ~512 pixels. With a panel bar or two, the minimum screen resolution is about 600 px high, which is less than what is available on the Asus EeePC 700 series, the OLPC XO, etc. Created attachment 325565 [details]
Screenshot of reproduction
Actually, this has apparently nothing to do with size of the screen -- I have 1280x800 here, window is not squeezed or anything, and yet still the display is wrong.
Thank you. I looked at your screenshot. Is the problem in your case simply that the window is too narrow initially, but you can resize it horizontally and make it display properly? yes, it is Changed summary from "Copies and Folders dialog expects wider window than it has" Thunderbird - Copies and Folders dialog expects taller window than it has. This article will be slightly interesting to anyone that has had difficulty using common programs on devices with small screens: http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/273605/move_over_gnome_ubuntu_mobile_looks_qt_other_desktop_environments From the article: Mandala said, adding one of the biggest challenges is reminding developers to write applications for 800 by 600 screen resolutions found in smaller devices. 'The standard [resolution] for GNOME [apps] is 800 by 600, but not all apps are. I think 800x600 might be too big and that applications ideally would function (not necessarily comfortably) at 800x480 or so. We filed this bug in the upstream database (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474603) and believe that it is more appropriate to let it be resolved upstream. Red Hat will continue to track the issue in the centralized upstream bug tracker, and will review any bug fixes that become available for consideration in future updates. Thank you for the bug report. |