152766 - child windows and do not inherit zoom from parents on the same site

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 110951

(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, defect, P4)

Description

[u32858]

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BuildID:    2002060511

child windows and do not inherit zoom from parents


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to http://lik-sang.com/catalog/default.php
2.fonts are specifed as 8pt and 9pt in the CSS, so i have to zoom to 120% to be
able to read it, or 150% if i am using a big resolution
3.right click open one of the links in a new tab or new window

Actual Results:  See that the zoom is back to 100%, and not possible to read again

Expected Results:  new tabs and new windows opend via links from one page should
inherit from the parent window on the same site.

It could be set so that zoom remained even if the link was external, but as only
a few sites have this problem and it is mostly down to windows/ie CSS files i
think it is better to only keep the zoom for the same site.

Comment 1

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

afaik this is thought as a feature.

Comment 2

[Chris Petersen]

Marking invalid since the url is no longer available.

Comment 3

[u32858]

> ------- Additional Comments From [e-mail]  2002-09-25 13:15 -------
> Marking invalid since the url is no longer available.

INVALID is not appropriate, this bug is on every site you visit

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check any other website that uses <a href etc> to see this bug 

Comment 4

[Kenneth Herron]

I'm going to confirm this. If you just follow a link while a page is zoomed, the
zoom is retained. But when a link is opened in a new window or tab, the new page
reverts to 100%.

I found a few other bugs on the same topic, e.g. bug 110951, which have been
closed as dupes of bug 65571. However, bug 65571 is really about different
aspects of the text zoom feature. It's clear from several comments in that bug
(#52, #64, #71, #72, #80, #84) that the these child windows should inherit zoom.
I tend to agree with comment #84 that it's not reasonable to handle reports
about this issue as duplicates of bug 65571.

That said, the reporter might find that a more practical solution to his problem
is to go into Edit->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts and set the minimum font size
so that font sizes too small for his screen are overridden.

Comment 5

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 110951 ***