Closed Bug 296111 Opened 19 years ago Closed 6 years ago

overflow:auto blocks show up as grey boxes on first page of Print Preview

Categories

(Core :: Print Preview, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

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RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: I-SAngeli, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: testcase)

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(8 files)

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050428 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050428 Firefox/1.0.3

Hi,

any time I see a webpage I wish to print, and perform Print Preview the entire
windows is messed up. It is not like Microsoft Explorer that shows properly what
is printing. How come? I never had the time to report it.
Here is another example where the Left margin is eating workds:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash

Thank you,
Spiro

Reproducible: Always
CORRECTION: the Internet Link I provided eats the Left Margin when I actually
print the page.
To clarify: is the issue that the Print Preview and the actual printout are
different, or does the Preview show it correctly but it prints incorrectly?
To clarify my clarification question: I meant were Print and P.Preview the same
or different?

(Sorry for the bugspam... sometime I'll learn to read what I write.)
(In reply to comment #0)
> Hi,
> 
> any time I see a webpage I wish to print, and perform Print Preview the entire
> windows is messed up. It is not like Microsoft Explorer that shows properly what
> is printing. How come? I never had the time to report it.
> Here is another example where the Left margin is eating workds:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash

Could you please elaborate on what exactly you are experiencing as this bug
report is very hard to handle as it is? If you explain this further, I can
change the summary to be more descriptive and it may be, for example, that this
is a dupe, however, we cannot do anything without knowing more about the issue
you are experiencing.
Good morning,

Yes, the issue is that the Print Preview and the actual printout are
different. Print Preview does not show correctly the output on the display as
the actual Prints does.
Format sometimes overlaps.

Is this could help, I could take snapshots and also add the actual URL of what i
am viewing. If so, also please tell me how to send attachments.

Reguards,
Spiro
-> Core / Print Preview

Spiro,
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Component: General → Print Preview
Product: Firefox → Core
Version: unspecified → 1.7 Branch
Attached image File 1
Attached image File 2
Attached image File 3
Attached image File 4
Attached image File 5
Here are the files:

1) http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Sensors
2) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=2457284#2457284
3) http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/supported.html
here if you notice, the header is displayed on Print Preview but not printed at
all, as well as the footer.
4) http://www.repubblica.it/
5) http://www.mozilla.org/

Spiro
(Resummarizing.)
Summary: Print Preview → Print Preview not rendering pages properly
Attached file testcase
testcase for the print preview problem at gentoo.

the overflow:auto DIV on the second page shows up as a grey box on the first
page.  The page actually prints fine (at least to a file).
resummarizing and confirming -- I see this with linux trunk 2005052705

this looks like a layout bug
Assignee: nobody → printing
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: testcase
QA Contact: general
Summary: Print Preview not rendering pages properly → overflow:auto blocks show up as grey boxes on first page of Print Preview
Version: 1.7 Branch → Trunk
oh, and what you're seeing on 2, 3 and 5 (overlapping text) is probably bug
136990.  I don't see what you see with #4.  Anyway, none of them appear to be
this bug, so if you think they're valid (please test with the new deer park test
release) please file new bug(s).
Hi,

just to better understand, what is that I should do to solve these issues?
Are you suggesting me to take specific actions? If so, please list them as I did
not get them.
Is is perhaps that this is a bug?

Thank you,
Spiro
This bug is for the grey blocks on the first page. See testcase.
For any other issues you've mentioned here, you should
1. search for already-filed bugs
2. test again with the alpha release:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/deerpark/alpha1/
3. file new bugs if there aren't already bugs filed and exist in the alpha.

but don't file a bug for your examples #2, #3 and #4.  They're bug 136990.
*** Bug 306951 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Hi,

It has been a while since I last heard anything about this issue.
As far as I know, chatting with several people who run Gentoo and firefox, all
experience this Print Previw issue. So, it is kind of unfortunate. :-(

I tried to view the attached test case and I will attach two snapshots so you
can see my issue.

As far as I know, I do not know how to solve this issue. You referred me to
another bug report # but I did not find any solution or instruction on how to
solve this issue.

In my openion, Print Preview either should work or not. There should not be any
in between lines.

I also have several other issues, like not being able to print header/footer at
all on the print page, but I will file/research for a solution.

So, I wish to ask the following:
Provide a step by step solution, if any or just say we have to fix this issue.

Here some info on my firefox:
Last updated: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 18:43:29 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.7.10)
Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6 

thank you,
Spiro
Attached image test case snapshot 1/2
Attached image test case snapshot 2/2
Relation to actual printing is discussed in bug 165705.
Assignee: printing → nobody
QA Contact: printing
Testcase works for me on Mac and Windows 10.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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