300164 - Because of the status bar the usable size in new open window is reduced

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 266547

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

OS: Windows 2000 SP4  + Update Rollup 1    Language=de

When using windows.open function with a specified size the usable size of the
open window is different dependent on of showing status bar or not.

If you use placing elements related to the bottem of the window, you can expect
different results. A design developed for all browsers is therefore represented
wrongly in Firefox.

I´ve followed the discussion about the sense of giving the control of the status
bar into the hand of users. I don´t agree with this for popup windows. But if
you do this you have to realize that the usable size of the open window is equal
all the time. Compare this with other Browsers and than it´s clear.


JavaScript for open the new window:

function winopen(url,SizeX,SizeY,PosX,PosY)
{
 WinIndex =
window.open(url,"_blank","location=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=no,status=no,toolbar=no");
 WinIndex.blur();
 WinIndex.focus();
 WinIndex.resizeTo(SizeX,SizeY);
 WinIndex.moveTo(PosX,PosY);
 WinIndex.location=url;
 WinIndex.focus();
}

Used StyleSheet

 <div class="t08n" style="position:absolute; right:20px; bottom:9px; z-index:2;">
  <a href="javascript:window.close();">close window</a>
 </div>


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the Website http://www.atelier-lange.de/index.htm
2. Klick on the photo and look to the text below the photo. Try this without
status bar than it´s well shown.


Actual Results:  
The status bar is shown in the new window and the usable size (height) is reduced.


Expected Results:  
The status bar is not shown in the new window   or   the usable size (height) is
the same like without status bar.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Ulrich, can you try this with a trunk build from http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ and report back, with screen shots from the different browsers ?

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a4pre) Gecko/20070427 Minefield/3.0a4pre

Comment 2

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This Bug is nearly 2 years old. A lot of things have changed in meantime.
I've documented 4 browsers FF 2.0.0.3, FF 3.0a5pre, IE 6.0, IE 7.0, each under the same conditions (see above). Please have a look to the hard copies under:
www.atelier-lange.de/doku/FF-2.0.0.3.jpg
www.atelier-lange.de/doku/FF-3.0a5pre.jpg
www.atelier-lange.de/doku/IE-6.0.jpg
www.atelier-lange.de/doku/IE-7.0.jpg
If parameter status=no for popup windows is not supported further more, it makes not sense to find a solution, I think. 

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Tomcat, Ulrich, duplicate of bug 266547?  I'm missing something because I still don't see how it displays differently from IE.

www.atelier-lange.de/doku/FF-3.0a5pre.jpg fails to display

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

(In reply to comment #3)
>  I still don't see how it displays differently from IE.

clarification - I see the difference in the screen shots - but there is no difference in the status area.

Comment 5

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Sorry, the file was not proper uploaded. Now it's working.
www.atelier-lange.de/doku/FF-3.0a5pre.jpg

clarification: only IE 6.0 supports status=no,
with FF 3.0a5pre there was no change.

bug 266547 is talking about the same issue.

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

duping