126683 - restoring from full screen mode using F11 with Classic skin doesn't restore Windows taskbar and quicklaunch

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Pete Boyd]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.8+)
Gecko/20020220
BuildID:    2002022003

restoring from full-screen mode using Classic skin doesn't restore various
Windows toolbars to the visible screen. this works as expected with Modern skin

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. choose Classic skin
2. press F11 for full-screen mode
3. press F11 to restore previous screen mode

Actual Results:  Windows QuickLaunch bar and Taskbar are not restored to view.
the bottom most section of the visible screen is the Mozilla Status Bar

Expected Results:  the visible screen should be restored to what it was, which
was a visible Windows QuickLaunch bar and Taskbar

Comment 1

[jag (Peter Annema)]

-> hewitt

Comment 2

[John Morrison]

worksforme win2k cvs build from 2pm 2/20.

Comment 3

[Pete Boyd]

I have also experienced, once, my Mozilla Status Bar disappearing and not being
restorable unless I flip into full-screen mode and back

Comment 4

[Chris Lyon]

*** Bug 127237 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Chris Lyon]

*** Bug 127326 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Chris Lyon]

Confirming based on duplicates.

Comment 7

[Andrew Paterson]

I am seeing a similar (the same thing?) on Windows 95 with build 2002040203. It 
seems to occur most often after a download (I don't know whether that is relevant) 
and I find that I cannot get the taskbar to pop up (I have it set to auto-hide). I 
usually end up having to use the Windows key to get the taskbar to show.

Comment 8

[Pete Boyd]

this might only be happening when I've got my Windows taskbar at a certain size.
when you rezise that taskbar it jumps in incremental steps. I can repeat this
bug when I have it at 3 incremental steps high (which gives me enough room to
have minimised applications listed below quicklaunch icons) but not 2 incrmental
steps

Comment 9

[Jared Sutton]

I experinced the same problem in Windows 98  (first edition).  I had already
closed mozilla and noticed the taskbar missing.  I started mozilla back up and
maximized.  This solved my problem.  I am using build 2002051006.

Comment 10

[tyl2]

I can reproduce this bug on Release 1.3 w. Win98SE.

Comment 11

[Chris Lyon]

*** Bug 198489 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12

[Brad Fults]

Unfortunately this bug is targeted at the wrong problem. The problem is not that
the taskbar would not be re-drawn on exit of fullscreen mode, it is that the
taskbar should never disappear upon entrance to fullscreen mode. Instead
fullscreen mode should simply take z-index precedence over the taskbar.

I can illustrate this easily because my machine has dual displays.

1) Place your taskbar on your primary display.
2) Open a browser window and place it on the secondary display.
3) Enter fullscreen mode.
4) Notice that your taskbar, which is on your primary display and should be
still visible, is gone.

This is a large problem for users with multiple displays. Mozilla is attacking
the fullscreen problem in the wrong way. The taskbar should not be hidden when
fullscreen mode is entered, but rather fullscreen mode should visually supercede
the taskbar.

I have tested and verified this behavior on the following platforms:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030729 Mozilla
Firebird/0.6.1

Comment 13

[Samuel Gordon-Stewart]

To get mozilla to restore itself properly:
1. Bring up the taskbar
2. Right click on the offending mozilla window
3. Click on Minimize
4. Repeat step 2
5. Click on restore

Comment 14

[Kyle]

I think I had the same problem:
Entered into full screen mode. Try to make hidden windows taskbar appear by
moving mouse to bottom of screen. Does not work. Press F11 to exit full screen
mode but top bar continues to be cut off.

Comment 15

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

I can't reproduce.
Do you still see this when using a current version?

Comment 16

[Pete Boyd]

Firefox doesn't have the 'Classic' skin that Mozilla exhibited this issue with when I reported it 12 years ago.

Comment 17

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

thanks