134798 - Mailnews Preferences Window Too Small - Does Not Work with Larger Fonts

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 57956

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Felix Miata]

2002033108 OS/2
Not new.

Field height using modern and 800 X 600 is about 2/3 of character height using
default prefs window height. To see full input field height need to resize prefs
window taller.

Comment 1

[rnorberg]

initial window size too small : mail & newsgroups account settings
recreated on OS/2 ACP2 20020505build
screen resolution 1024x768x65536

recreate:
menu : window/mail & newsgroups/<mail window>edit/mail & newsgroups account settings
select folder : server settings
text field "Local Directory" partially cutoff.

Comment 2

[Kai Lahmann (is there, where MNG is)]

is the problem still there in 1.1beta?

Comment 3

[Felix Miata]

Last I checked was in 2002072910 trunk, where IIRC it remained broken.  Now in
2002080808 trunk that particular field is tall enough, but I may have resized
that window since creating the profile. There remains one other too short to
display all settings: copies and folders. I checked all others in mailnews and
browser prefs and that  was the last one remaining undersized.

Comment 4

[Felix Miata]

Still broken in release 1.1 after fresh migrate.

Comment 5

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

To recreate this on Windows, go to the desktop settings and set your font to
Large or Extra Large.

Create a new profile.

Open Mail News Settings.

Lots of things are cutoff.

The Mail News settings window pages should autosize to content.

On OS/2, this is especially bad because our default font causes this.

Comment 6

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

Forgot to reassign to mailnews owner

Comment 7

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

->fe?

Comment 8

[Felix Miata]

That's what I want to know. This bug is about things that don't work right in
trying to change prefs. Original summary: Mailnews Server Settings Local
Directory Input Field Height Too Short. I thought prefs problems were
product=browser?

Comment 9

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

mail news account settings are only in mail news, not prefs. That's why I moved it.

Comment 10

[Bruce Petro]

Attachment: large fonts issues in latest Mozilla

This should show:
1. Settings dialogs are improper.
2. Left column and emails headers are HUGE
3. Email text (if not controlled by html) is TINY.

Does not show, I have uninstalled, removed large fonts setting and reinstalled,
but the installation still suffers as if large fonts are still the default!

Comment 11

[Bruce Petro]

Related to this issue, it also appears that uninstalling both mozilla and NS7
then switching desktop away from the large fonts option, then reinstalling
mozilla and NS7 in neither case fixes any large font issues - it appears
remembered somewhere that at one time you tried to install while large fonts was
in use.  More details below - I never could get on the white list to send this
to the GUI mail list, but having seen this bug - it appears a real close fit.
PS: I am NOT at 800x600 - I'm at 1152x864 and I have removed the large font
setting which has worked for all apps except mozilla which seems to be
determined to make me suffer forevermore because it started with large fonts.

Also - I am interpreting the above description to be mail AND news settings do
not work with larger fonts.  In my case ALL settings dialogs are nearly unusable
and some are completely unusable.

----------------------- cut from email attempted to send ------------------
This is an odd UI problem brought about from some odd settings at my 
work computer.
1. Prior to installing NS71, my W2k desktop was set for 'Large Fonts' 
due to some application at work requiring that setting.  (Win2k Desktop, 
right click, properties, settings, advanced settings, Large Fonts / 
Small Fonts).
2. Upon installing NS71 and setting it to connect to an IMAP email 
connection, I found the email had large black fonts in the folder list 
on the left and in the mail header section.
3. I de-installed NS71, changed the W2k desktop so it was set for "Small 
Fonts".
4. I re-installed NS71, but it appears the same.
5. I installed NS71 at home and on third computer and the fonts look normal.
6. Back at work, I de-installed NS71 and installed Mozilla 1.4 - same 
problems continue.

-- I cannot figure how to get this working.  My guess is that un-install 
must be leaving something in the registry that is not re-initialized 
when I re-install - its stuck with some original understanding of the 
W2k settings without checking the new current settings.  But that's just 
a guess. I did browse through regedit but didn't find anything obvious...

The problems created by this are:
1. The Preferences dialogs are not readable and barely usable, the 
dialog is not resizable and the big font causes stuff to not fit the 
original dialog size.
2. The Folders and email headers are large text - so large that they 
always look bold. There is no "New Mail" look available as "bold" headers.
3. I tried setting NS/Mozilla fonts in the Preferences, Appearance 
sections, but changes there do not alter the above two font problems.

I attached a jpg that should show:
    1. Preferences dialog with text cut off, no resize or scroll possible.
    2. Folders and email headers are big bold looking - very much a 
"Shouting at you" look.
    3. Email body is small and hard to read as I tried setting other 
font sizes, but none that I have found help.

Comment 12

[Felix Miata]

"latest Mozilla" means little. We need your build ID [e-mail]. I tried
reproducing much as you describe in W2K with 1.4 final (20030624) talkback zip,
800x600 and 1024x768, and a fresh profile, and see nothing wrong I didn't
describe in bug 206482. I did three screencaps similar to attachment 128177 [details], but
don't believe them relevant here. I don't think what you show/describe is this
bug, though it may be related.

If you tried creating a new profile to try I missed it. If you haven't, you
should, except (maybe first) try deleting the following from your profile
directory: XUL.mfl and chrome/chrome.rdf; and restart Mozilla, letting those
files be automatically recreated, and test to see if your problem disappears.
(Deleting chrome/chrome.rdf will reset you to Classic.)

Comment 13

[Felix Miata]

(originally OS/2, now all)

This is about setting preferences. Current summary does not indicate this.
Rewording to include "preferences".

There seem to be several instances of preferences window not fitting all of its
content: e.g. bug 212747 (WinXP), bug 202692 (Linux), bug 86478 (Win98). IOW,
this should be browser preferences, not mailnews front end. Maybe we need a
tracking bug for too small prefs window, or to consolidate all into one?

Comment 14

[Stefan Borggraefe]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 57956 ***

Comment 15

[Bruce Petro]

Hey guys don't forget there is a secondary issue that ought to be handed out to
someone else.  The point being that if Netscape or Mozilla gets installed at a
time when the desktop is set to use large fonts, then nothing you can do will
ever change the way Mozilla acts.  Set you desktop away from large fonts,
mozilla still uses them.  Uninstall mozilla and reinstall it while the desktop
is set to small fonts - mozilla still acts like the desktop is set up for large
fonts.  There is no way I have found to make mozilla STOP using large fonts.

To me that's got to be some bug in configuration in general and in installation
not clearing previous settings and in uninstallation not removing previous settings.

Comment 16

[Stefan Borggraefe]

Bruce Petro: Please file a separate bug about the issue you found (after
searching duplicates and testing it with a current Mozilla build). It has
nothing to do with this bug.

You should be able to change the font size of mozilla by adding something like
the following to your userChrome.css:

* {
   font-size: 11pt !important;
}