227717 - Resizing child window doesn't work

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 142375

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Ido Beeri]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

Go to this site: http://www.twinadv.com/new/index.php?action=14&dir=atresica
Click on an link, a child window opens. Click on another link, the link is
opened in the same child window, but it doesn't resize the child window as it
should. IE doesn't have this problem.

I tried to make a testcase, but with no success. This site won't be there for
too long, so I would appreciate if someone will make a testcase.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Alfonso Martinez]

Works fine with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b)
Gecko/20031202

I think that recently there was a problem with the window.open, so you should
try with a current nightly and make sure that you aren't blocking the resize of
windows in your preferences (Advances->scripts & plugins)

Comment 2

[Ido Beeri]

I upgraded my Mozilla to the latest nighly buid, and the bug still isn't fixed.

Comment 3

[Ido Beeri]

Maybe you didn't understand my bug report:

1. the child window DOES resize to the right size when it is created
2. the child window DOESN'T resize again when you click on another link that is
opened in the child window that's already open

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 142375 ***

Comment 5

[Alfonso Martinez]

I don't think that this is a dup of 142375. That example doesn't work, but this
one is a WFM. The child window resizes whenever I click on any of those links.
Not just when the window is opened.

besides that the code isn't just a window.open as bug 142375

function popup(url,width,height){
	var parameters =
"scrollbars=no,menubar=no,titlebar=no,status=no,directories=no,toolbar=no,resizable=no,width="+width+",height="+height;
	windowhandle = window.open('image.php?url=' + url, 'Preview', parameters)
	windowhandle.focus();
	windowhandle.resizeTo(width + 10, height + 28);
}

reopening

I'm gonna search for the bug of comment 1

Comment 6

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Works for me too, but I have to allow JavaScript to resize windows first.
(Maybe it should work without that pref in this case?)

Comment 7

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Looking at the code in comment 5, I agree with Boris, this is bug 142375.
The reason it works in Mozilla is the 'resizeTo' call - but it requires JS
permissions...

Comment 8

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Ido, which version of IE are you using?
If you manually move the popup window after opening the first image and then
click on another link - does the popup window stay where it is?
If you try the same with links to HTML files instead of images - does IE
behave the same in this case regarding resizing and positioning?

Comment 9

[Ido Beeri]

I just tested it with Mozilla on another computer, and it's ok! :)

Nevertheless, on my computer it's still happening.

Comment 10

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

> I just tested it with Mozilla on another computer, and it's ok! :)

Yes, it works fine if you have the right JS permissions in your Preferences...

I'd really appreciate if you could answer my questions in comment 8.  Thanks.

Comment 11

[Ido Beeri]

I'm using IE 6.0
And for the rest of the questions: Yes

Comment 12

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

OK, thanks for your help.  This is a dupe of bug 142375 then (which I intend
to reopen).

If you enable "Allow scripts to: Move or resize existing windows" under 
Preferences / Advanced / Script & plug-ins the URL will work as expected.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 142375 ***