51241 - [Classic] fixed-width font size menulist in prefs not displaying

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Layout, defect, P3)

Description

[Patty Mac]

Platforms and Builds:
Windows (Build: 2000-09-03-09-M18) and Linux (Build: 2000-09-03-08-M18)

1. Go to 'Edit' and open 'Preferences'.
2. Go to 'Appearances, select 'Themes', and then select 'Classic'.
4. Repeat step #1.
5. Go to 'Appearances, select 'Fonts', and select font sizes under 
  'Varialbe-width fonts' and Fixed-width fonts'.
NOTE: The font sizes do not display on the font dialog box. However, 
it works fine with Modern skin. This problem happens in Windows and 
Linux only.

Comment 1

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

I get one font size box, for variable width... but i cant see the box for fixed
width font. forcing the prefs window to a larger size doesnt help.

confirmed (somewhat) on todays linux

Comment 2

[hangas]

Marking nsbeta3+ and sending to Joe

Comment 3

[hangas]

Marking nsbeta3- because this was not a P1 or P2 bug.

Comment 4

[Joe Hewitt (gone)]

Quite strangely, if you go to Fonts, then go to another pref, then return to 
Fonts, the font size list will be there.  I guess that's what you'd call a 
workaround. ;)

Comment 5

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

*** Bug 53440 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Jeffrey Baker]

This bug also affects the "Mail and Newsgroups" pane in the prefs.  On the first
visit to this pane with the Classic skin, the layout is fully fux0red.  Upon
visiting another pane and returning, the layout is as expected.

Comment 7

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

*** Bug 60883 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 61260 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[hangas]

Themes Triage Team nsbeta1+

Comment 10

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 66712 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

bug 67120 may be a duplicate of this (now that modern is also using system fonts).

Comment 12

[Joe Hewitt (gone)]

After updating my tree on Linux, this is now working for me.  Woohoo!

Comment 13

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

I'm still seeing Jeffrey Baker's reported symptoms on the 0.8 candidate from 
today - horked "mail/news start page" text box. Unless that is a different bug, 
this one isn't fixed.

Gerv

Comment 14

[Jeffrey Baker]

Yes, the preferences display is always horked the first time.  Most noticable on
the fonts and mail/news prefs panels.

Comment 15

[Joe Hewitt (gone)]

Sadly, I've seen it again too.  :(

Comment 16

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 68945 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 17

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 70376 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 18

[Joe Hewitt (gone)]

This isn't a themes problem, things randomly not rendering is a frequent symptom
on Linux, and I have to attribute it to Layout.

Comment 19

[karnaze (gone)]

Waqar, can you take a look.

Comment 20

[waqar]

What I see is that intial layout of the Fonts panel, combobox is too wide, while
the veriable font combox boxes are shortened but not the Fixed width, hence the
size combox box is drawn too far to the right means outside the dialog.

We name to set the same behavior for fixed with font combobox.

Comment 21

[Kevin McCluskey (gone)]

Taking this bug

Comment 22

[Kevin McCluskey (gone)]

I'm not seeing any problems with today's build on Linux. After setting the theme
to classic I am able to select a font size for both the variable and fixed with
fonts. It also works when I switch back to modern.

Marking WORKSFORME.

Comment 23

[Jeffrey Baker]

Doesn't work here on 2001-04-17-09 (Linux, gcc 2.95).  Are you sure you
reproduced the bug properly?  The layout is always OK the *second* time you look
at it, but the first time it is always missing the fixed-width font widget. 
Still true on latest build, reopening.

Comment 24

[Kevin McCluskey (gone)]

I can not reproduce this with 2001042920 build on WINNT or with the same build
on Linux.

In both cases I exited Mozilla, changed the theme from modern to classic then
opened the font preference panel. The font sizes display properly for me.

Marking WORKSFORME again.

Comment 25

[Jeffrey Baker]

Look, I hate to be an ass, but this does not work.

1) Use the classic theme
2) Quit the browser
3) Launch the browser
4) Edit -> Preferences -> Fonts

Result: http://atari.saturn5.com/~jwb/shot.png

Tested with 2001-04-30-14 Linux trunk build.

Comment 26

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Reproduced in Mac Classic, build 2001051504, Mac OS 9.1, --> All/All.

Someone should grab the XUL involved and attach it to this bug as a testcase, 
because this particular symptom of the bug is about to disappear with the fix 
for bug 28899.

Comment 27

[Jeffrey Baker]

Ah, what to do about this bug?  The symptom is gone because the font prefs panel
is completely changed.  The new one of course works fine in the classic skin. 
The old bug was likely to have been a problem with the font prefs XUL.  Might
mark this one WONTFIX.

Comment 28

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

I think this may be(/have been) a duplicate of bug 95442.

Comment 29

[Kevin McCluskey (gone)]

Moving to Mozilla0.9.6

Comment 30

[Kevin McCluskey (gone)]

Marking WONTFIX based on "Jeffrey Baker",s comment