403776 - GTK font settings are not updated on the fly.

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, defect, P4)

Description

[Cosimo Cecchi (GNOME)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071103 Epiphany/2.20 Firefox/2.0.0.9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a8) Gecko/2007091211 GranParadiso/3.0a8

This bug has been opened on Ubuntu and forwarded upstream to Epiphany, but the same problem is reproducible with Firefox 2.0.0.9 and Gran Paradiso alpha8, so I am forwarding it here.

A restart of the browser is currently required in order for the page renderer to
pick up new font settings, in particular, changes to the font smoothing and
hinting settings.

Link to gnome bug

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox on GNOME and visit any page.
2. Go to System->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts and modify hinting, smoothing  and/or DPI preferences.
Actual Results:  
While the whole environment change according to the preferences, Firefox does only after a restart.

Expected Results:  
Firefox would change dynamically as the rest of the environment according to what the user has chosen.

Comment 1

[Cosimo Cecchi (GNOME)]

I forgot the links to the original bugs.

GNOME bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468632
Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/epiphany-browser/+bug/131192

Comment 2

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

no activity for years, closing.
Feel free to reopen if this is still occurring