1766763 - The size of the box model changes with dragging

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(DevTools :: Inspector, defect)

Description

[batman173895]

Attachment: Google — Mozilla Firefox 2022-04-28 12-54-22

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Nightly 101.0a1 (2022-04-23) (64-bit)
• Firefox Release 99.0.1 (64-bit)

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10 x64

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Launch Firefox and access any webiste, such as "www.google.com".
2. Press "CTRL+SHIFT+I" key, then the Inspector appears.
3. Drag the edge of the box model.

[Expected result]:

• The size of the box model does not change with dragging.

[Actual result]:

• The size of the box model changes with dragging.

[Notes]:

• I'm not sure if this is a bug. I found that the size of the box model for Chrome, Edge and Safari doesn't change with dragging.

Comment 1

[Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]]

Thanks for filing, indeed we resize a bit the boxmodel widget when resizing the sidebar. No strong reason behind this, but it avoids having too much empty whitespace. Going to close as invalid, feel free to reopen if you feel like there is a strong reason to change this.