1224180 - Minimise, restore and close window buttons in full-screen mode are too close to each other

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Theme, defect)

Description

[Atri Bhattacharya]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0
Build ID: 2015103000
Firefox for Android

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go full screen from a firefox window (usu from the menu) from a touch device -- no physical keyboard
2. Browse something
3. Try to restore back from fullscreen mode.


Actual results:

The three buttons -- minimise, restore and close window, in that order -- are so close together that more often than not I end up hitting either the minimise or worse, the close button, because these buttons are located at the extremities. I have to really be precise with my pinky to actually be able to hit the centrally nestled restored button.


Expected results:

My view is that three buttons in this context are overkill. The only button that should be needed from the fullscreen mode is the restore one. But if the present arrangement should stay, please make these buttons larger and/or further apart so that they are easy to access from a  touchscreen as well.

Comment 1

[Atri Bhattacharya]

Just to note, I am using firefox on a GNOME desktop on my convertible laptop in its tablet mode (folded physical keyboard, so it cannot be accessed).

Comment 2

[Atri Bhattacharya]

Anything anyone?

Comment 3

[YF (Yang)]

Can you provide a screenshot?

Comment 4

[Atri Bhattacharya]

Attachment: Screenshot from 2016-01-09 22-23-14.png

Full screen screenshot showing barely separated window buttons at top right corner

Comment 5

[YF (Yang)]

Can you see it? I found bug 1158152, but it seems is not a meta bug for Linux.

Comment 6

[(Currently slow to respond) Philipp Sackl [:phlsa] (Firefox UX) please use needinfo]

We're having a similar problem on Windows, where the controls get tiny, crammed and ugly too when switching into full screen mode (bug 965322).

Could we just keep using normal window controls (an all platforms) all the time? Since the UI disappears in full screen mode anyway, it shouldn't be a concern in terms of screen real estate.