Closed Bug 180531 Opened 22 years ago Closed 21 years ago

text running out of left border of browser window

Categories

(Core :: Layout, defect, P2)

Product:
Core
Component:
Layout
Platform:
x86
Windows 98
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 6976

People

(Reporter: jiang_wq, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021115
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021115

go to the url, the text is cut out by the left border
of the browser window.  I'm using classic theme.  Don't
know if it will happen in modern theme.

The text is cut out even when the horizontal scroll bar
is at its left-most position.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to url
2.make sure the horizontal scroll bar at its leftmost position
3.read the text, and the first column of characters are cut out.
Yep.  Auto margins do that..
Whiteboard: DUPEME
Priority: -- → P2
fix the typo in summary ('test' should be 'text').

This problem can also be found in almost all the articles in the
biggest Chinese news web site www.sina.com.cn.  I'm wondering if
you have already received a lot of dup bug report for that web site.
Summary: test running out of left border of browser window → text running out of left border of browser window
If the text is not cut out, resize the window by dragging the
left border to right.  You'll see what's wrong when the window
is narrow enough.

I believe the bug should be boosted to top priority, as you
simply can't read the contents when the text is cut out.
I think the key is:

BODY {align: center; ...

Mozilla will place the page content in the center.  When the content is
wider than the browser client area, Mozilla will cut off each sides
equally, but will not place the horizontal scroll bar in the middle.

For IE, when the browser window is adjusted to not as wide as the page
content, only the right side of the content is cut off, and you can use
the horizontal scroll bar to view the missing part.  In one word, IE
left-aligns the content when it is wider than the browser window.

This bug also plagues the biggest Chinese news web site, www.sina.com.cn,
which uses <body><center>...</center></body>
Severity: normal → major

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 6976 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Whiteboard: DUPEME
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