283738 - Prefwindow V unusable on Linux builds

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Markus Lindström]

It would seem that Prefwindow V is completely broken on GTK2+XFT Linux builds at
the very least. The window is essentially unusable, looking like nothing more
than a heap of graphical glitches. It is also entirely transparent in places,
and clicking on these spots gives the focus back to the browser window, which
essentially makes them "holes".

I haven't tried a non-GTK2+XFT build yet, but I'll give it a spin as soon as
possible.

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050226 Firefox/1.0+

Comment 1

[Markus Lindström]

Attachment: Screenshot of the problem, shamelessly stolen from a MZ forum post.

This screenshot illustrates the issue. The top icon bar works partially,
although the fonts are messed up (a chrome problem perhaps?). The content area
is mostly a big hole with graphical glitches strewn about.

Comment 2

[Dennis Jacobfeuerborn]

Attachment: screenshot of new options dialog

I'm seeing the same here.
build: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050223
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

is browser.preferences.animateFadeIn set to true or false in about:config?

Comment 4

[Markus Lindström]

Set to false here. Setting it to true doesn't solve anything, it just causes the
window to glitch in a different way, sometimes even causing the content to blink
weirdly.

Comment 5

[Dennis Jacobfeuerborn]

The variable doesn't appear in about:config for me so I guess it has the default
value whatever that is supposed to be.

Comment 6

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** Bug 283772 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Pawel Chmielowski]

Attachment: patch

Looks like new preference window has transparent background. Explicitly setting
background color for prefwindow element fixes this issue.

Comment 8

[Markus Lindström]

Attachment: Prefwindow renders as expected on GTK1 build.

Just for the heads up, it all seems to work on GTK1 builds, so it seems this is
strictly a GTK2 issue. I'll try with a non-XFT build to see if I can narrow it
down further.

Comment 9

[Markus Lindström]

I just tried running a GTK2 build without XFT (nor FreeType2), and it doesn't
work there either. The prefwindow exhibited the same characteristics as the
GTK2+XFT one.

Comment 10

[Dmbtech]

Attachment: Preference window for my linux xft+gtk build after the patch.

Preference window for my linux xft+gtk build after the patch. Seems to work
fine, although i had to resize the window to see some things.

Comment 11

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Comment on attachment 175636 [details] [diff] [review]
patch

not the right fix.  Right fix coming in a sec.

Comment 12

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Attachment: the right fix

gnomestripe's global.css needed to have prefwindow added too.

Comment 13

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Looks like Mike checked this in. Marking fixed. 

Comment 14

[Simon Morgan]

I've tried the latest build available (timestamp is 1st of March) and the
preferences window is still transparent and completely unusable.

Comment 15

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

If you're using a non-default theme, you will need to update your theme to a
newer version that skins the prefwindow.

Comment 16

[Markus Lindström]

Confirming that this bug has been fixed. The preferences window is now
operational with the default theme.

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050302

-> VERIFIED?

Comment 17

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

This bug is not fixed. I can still see it with Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686;
en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0+

For additional information: This did not only happen on GTK2+XFT builds! I'm
using firefox-1.0+.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz. Updating the summary to reflect it.

Comment 18

[Asaf Romano (gone)]

***default theme only***.

Comment 19

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

(In reply to comment #18)
> ***default theme only***.

So which build I have to use? I can't see any other linux build within
ftp://ftp.eu.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/

Comment 20

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs,
filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change