282824 - fullscreen mode doesn't follow xrandr resolution changes

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[José Jorge]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041009 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041009 Firefox/1.0

Firefox fullscreen doesn't reduce when xrandr has changed resolution, even
resizing the window.

But if I switch to a bigger resolution, as 1024x768, it works. So the problem is
only when lowering the resolution.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start firefox at 800x600
2.fullscreen mode works well
3.xrandr to 640x480
4.minimize/restore the firefox window to make it fit the new screen
5.press F11, the window is too big (it stays at 800x600)
Actual Results:  
firefox was bigger than the screen

Expected Results:  
follow the current resolution, rather than the resolution when started.

The bug can be turnarouded starting Firefox at the lowest resolution avaliable.

Comment 1

[José Jorge]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Firefox fullscreen doesn't reduce when xrandr has changed resolution, even
> resizing the window.
> 
> But if I switch to a bigger resolution, as 1024x768, it works. So the problem is
> only when lowering the resolution.

I was wrong, retesting it showed me that Firefox allways uses the resolution of
the screen at start. So even switching to higher resolutions doesn't work.

> The bug can be turnarouded starting Firefox at the lowest resolution avaliable.

So this workaround is false.

Comment 2

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Comment 3

[Jeremy B. Smith]

I have the same problem. Not only does the fullscreen function choose the wrong
size, the menus (file,edit,etc) will go past the end of the screen when you go
to a lower resolution (instead of moving to where they will fit).
I have this issue with both firefox 1.07 and 1.5b2

FYI:  There is a functioncalled XRRScreenChangeNotifyEvent provided by the
XRANDR X extention that will notify apps of screen configuration changes. See
<http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/Xrandr.3.html>.

Comment 4

[Dagfinn I. Mannsåker]

This no longer happens with Firefox 2.0, but popup menus don't respect the new resolution, making them appear partially outside the screen. Should I file a new bug or morph this one into a more generic XRandR bug?

Comment 5

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

You should file a new bug about your issue. This bug, as filed, is now "works for me". Closing as such.