174019 - resizeBy on a maximized window should size it relative to its unmaximized size

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P5)

Description

[Tony Fu]

Steps to reproduced it:
1. Maxmize a browser window
2. type javascript:void(window.resizeBy(0,0)) on the URL box.

The window will be restored to windowed mode and even worse, the window now has
the size of the screen instead of the original window size.

Comment 1

[Phil Schwartau]

Confirming bug with Mozilla trunk binary 20020930xx on WinNT.
Browser, not engine ---> DOM Level 0

Comment 2

[Dan M]

  As designed. Sizing a maximized Mozilla window unmaximizes it. Otherwise
windows opened to a specific size from a maximized browser window would
themselves be maximized, to the great annoyance of all. Think popups. See bug
98701 and bug 43001. Personally I'd be more annoyed by that than by losing my
maximized state in a legitimate browser window. I choose to stick with the
current behaviour. Bug 98701 is a dead snake.
  This bug is a duplicate of bug 111545, which I just closed "won't fix."
However relative sizing should be relative to the window's normal size, not its
maximized size. Oddly I think there's no bug already filed for that. Morphing.

Comment 3

[Tony Fu]

DANM is right regarding popups.  However, popup is a new window.  The current
window should also stay maximized even though the underlying unmaximized size is
changed.

Comment 4

[Dan M]

Hmmmm. It might be feasible to give the window resize from window.open( , ,
"height=n,width=m") special treatment and thus rework the fix for bug 98701 and
thus no longer need to unmaximize a window when it's sized. It'd require an
interface change and generally be a little involved. I'm uncertain what else is
depending on this behaviour. It's been in for a while now. Thinking about it
(but won't get to it real soon.)

Comment 5

[Dan M]

*** Bug 170310 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Filter on "Nobody_NScomTLD_20080620"

Comment 7

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472046

Move all DOM bugs that haven’t been updated in more than 3 years and has no one currently assigned to P5.

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