Bug 1420743 - @>96DPI Gecko browsers no longer utilize KDE's desktop font configuration since built with GTK3
Summary: @>96DPI Gecko browsers no longer utilize KDE's desktop font configuration sin...
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: firefox
Version: 38
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Gecko Maintainer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug...
Whiteboard: usability regression
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-02-09 12:48 UTC by Felix Miata
Modified: 2023-05-30 18:54 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2023-05-25 19:28:27 UTC
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143 DPI Plasma screenshot of Fedora's GTK3 Firefox 51.0.1, Mozilla's GTK2 Firefox ESR 45.7 and Konqueror (589.55 KB, image/png)
2017-02-09 12:48 UTC, Felix Miata
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screenshot - 143DPI TDE desktop with Firefox, SeaMonkey, Pale Moon, Konqueror and various apps open (1.07 MB, image/png)
2021-05-04 06:38 UTC, Felix Miata
no flags Details

Description Felix Miata 2017-02-09 12:48:38 UTC
Created attachment 1248807 [details]
143 DPI Plasma screenshot of Fedora's GTK3 Firefox 51.0.1, Mozilla's GTK2 Firefox ESR 45.7 and Konqueror

Description of problem:
Too small UI fonts in Firefox and SeaMonkey in >96DPI Plasma unless DPI forced to match Xorg's DPI via Xft.dpi

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gtk3 >3.16

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Try to use Firefox or SeaMonkey with default Xft.dpi setting in >96 DPI Plasma environment
2.
3.

Actual results:
Browser UI fonts much too small

Expected results:
Browser UI fonts match UI fonts in non-GTK3 apps

Additional info:
1-Regression caused by commit specified in upstream bugs that forces otherwise unnecessary and null Xft.dpi value to 96.
2-workarounds:
a.in KDE systemsettings force DPI to match Xorg's (xdpyinfo) DPI, or
b.change Xft.dpi in /etc/X11/Xresources from 96 to match Xorg's (xdpyinfo) DPI, or
c.set Xft.dpi in ~/.Xresources to match Xorg's (xdpyinfo) DPI
3-applies to all Fedoras providing GTK3 library >v3.16
4-nuisance to use workaround(s) when switching among displays of diverse DPIs that formerly was automatically handled by null Xft.dpi.
5-not unique to Fedora, but upstream Gnome and Mozilla bugs are WONTFIX
6-better workaround would be to apply the proposed upstream Gnome patch

Comment 1 Fedora End Of Life 2017-02-28 11:13:46 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 26 development cycle.
Changing version to '26'.

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2018-05-03 08:15:11 UTC
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Comment 3 Fedora End Of Life 2018-05-29 12:33:44 UTC
Fedora 26 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2018-05-29. Fedora 26
is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any
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Comment 4 Felix Miata 2018-11-05 11:31:43 UTC
Persists through F27, F28 & F29

Comment 5 Felix Miata 2019-05-03 03:49:18 UTC
Still applies in F30.

Comment 6 Ben Cotton 2020-04-30 21:29:08 UTC
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Comment 7 Felix Miata 2020-05-01 04:01:00 UTC
Still applies in F32.

Comment 8 Fedora Program Management 2021-04-29 16:50:05 UTC
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Comment 9 Felix Miata 2021-05-04 06:38:29 UTC
Created attachment 1779219 [details]
screenshot - 143DPI TDE desktop with Firefox, SeaMonkey, Pale Moon, Konqueror and various apps open

Comment 10 Felix Miata 2021-05-04 06:39:30 UTC
No detectable improvement as of F34.

Comment 11 Ben Cotton 2022-05-12 16:52:07 UTC
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Comment 12 Felix Miata 2022-05-14 06:31:09 UTC
No detectable improvement as of F36.

Comment 13 Ben Cotton 2023-04-25 18:21:47 UTC
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Comment 14 Ludek Smid 2023-05-25 19:28:27 UTC
Fedora Linux 36 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2023-05-16.

Fedora Linux 36 is no longer maintained, which means that it
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Comment 15 Felix Miata 2023-05-30 18:54:36 UTC
No detectable improvement as of F38.


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