31319 - Too wide pop ups on alert(''), confirm('')

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 63676

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect, P3)

Description

[Sebastian Späth]

The pop up windows called with alert('text') and confirm('text') are (at 
least?)558 pixel wide, independend of the length of the contained text.

I'll attach a simple testcase, but it can be viewed generally on any page (e.g. 
Mozilla's: Do you really want to do that crazy thing?).

These windows should be adapted to the actually needed width to look more 
professional.

Comment 1

[Sebastian Späth]

Attachment: Page will just pop up an alert and confirm box with text

Comment 2

[Richard Zach]

I don't think this is JS engine.  -> XP Apps.

Comment 3

[Paul MacQuiddy]

changing qa contact on selected bugs from paulmac to [e-mail]

Comment 4

[Sebastian Späth]

The pop up windows have a better width now. I for my part are content with it
and will mark it FIXED.

Comment 5

[Eli Goldberg]

Sebastian, are you still satisfied with the results? I'm seeing a width in these 
dialogs of approximately 450 pixels on all platforms with yesterdays/today's 
builds. Not sure what the expected results should be.

(Rubber-stamping as Verified since it's 100+ pixels narrower, and you were okay 
with it.)

Comment 6

[Sebastian Späth]

Mmh, just checked it. You are right, they are better, but still way too wide. I 
could have sworn they looked great when I marked that bug fixed. Anyhow, this 
deoes not look ok, reopening. Seen with any JavaScript pop up (e.g. the ones I 
provided as attachment).
BTW: Would it be hard to have dynamic width?

Comment 7

[Chris McAfee]

ben.

Comment 8

[Sebastian Späth]

Although I understand that this is a low priority bug, one idea:

Centering the text would make it look much better, I guess it is the
asymmetrical way, that makes it look unprofessional.

(When centering I don't mean line by line centered, but in a way that new lines
start at the same column (kind of a centered table containing the text))

Comment 9

[Paul Chen]

nav triage team:

Doesn't look too bad using mac mozilla build from 12-27. Marking nsbeta1-

Comment 10

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

*** Bug 63676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[Blake Ross]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 63676 ***

Comment 12

[Sebastian Späth]

verifing