116586 - dialog boxes don't detect the font size and so aren't created large enough to display all the fields

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 54441

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect)

Description

[jerry asher]

I am not sure the best place to report this bug.  I see it when trying to
configure a new account using the Account Wizard, but I suspect it may be more
fundamental than that.

I have a 19" monitor.  I run at 1600x1200 resolution under W2K.  To make this
usable, I use a setting "somehow" made available by either the driver
manufacturer (ATI) or Microsoft to use "large" fonts.  
(Control Panel/Display Properties/Settings/Advanced/Font Size) 
Note: I can actually set a custom font size that lets me scale the fonts to just
about any size.

I often find that programs, and so Mozilla is not unique here, fail to determine
that my font size is not some typical font size, and so the programs create
dialog boxes that are the wrong size relative to the font size.

In short, the dialog boxes are too small to display every field within them.

Right now, I would like to set the information in the dialog box: Server
Information:

Account Wizard -> Server Information

I can see a group of labels and a field to set the Incoming Server.
I can see the beginning of a group of labels and a field to set the Outgoing Server.

At times, I can see but at times I cannot see the actual outgoing server field.
 If I cannot see it, then I cannot set it.

I believe this is a relatively major accessibility issue.  I bet there are many
folks that use larger than normal font sizes due to their various visual
preferences or disabilities.

Comment 1

[jerry asher]

Attachment: screen shot of clipped dialog box

Comment 2

[Dimitrios]

There are some filed bugs on large fonts incompatibilities (each case must be
handled separately). This one (about Account Wizard) is identical to bug 54441.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 54441 ***

Comment 3

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified duplicate.