309799 - transparent png's don't work as window backgrounds in linux, macos

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Fritz Schneider]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: 

Transparent (or semi-transparent) png's don't work when set as backgrounds for
xul windows on MacOSX and Linux.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<window id="test" hidechrome="true" style="background: none" 
 xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">

 <hbox style="background: url(chrome://path/to/dim.png)" flex="1">
   <description> Hi there. My window is not transparent on linux, macos!
</description>
 </hbox>
</window>



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download the dimming png
2. Change the chrome url in the example to point to it
3. Load the xul file

Actual Results:  
Window is not semi-transparent.

Expected Results:  
Worked :)

Comment 1

[Fritz Schneider]

Attachment: semi-transparent png

Comment 2

[Chris Thomas (CTho) [formerly [e-mail] [e-mail]]]

> <window id="test" hidechrome="true" style="background: none" 

Shouldn't that be "background: transparent"?

Comment 3

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

This is probably because Linux GTK2 doesn't support translucent windows, and on
Mac we haven't hooked up translucent window support.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is a mass search for bugs that are in the Firefox General component, are UNCO, and have not been changed for 1000 days and have an unspecified version. 

Reporter, can you please update to Firefox 3.6.10, create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles, and test again. If you still see the bug, please update this bug. If the issue is gone, please set the resolution to RESOLVED > WORKSFORME.

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.