435478 - Browser window paints incorrectly when it's sized too big

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jonathan Paz]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051206 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051206 Firefox/3.0

My resolution is 1680x1050 pixels. When I size the browser window over approximately 1024x768, the window doesn't paint correctly. If I maximize or resize the window, the contents show approximately where they were at the smaller size.

In some cases, while resizing the window by the corner, the corner doesn't stick with the mouse while dragging. This could be related to the painting issue.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Set resolution high (1680x1050)
2.Open Firefox (if already maximized, restore down to <1024x768)
3.Maximize Firefox.
4.Restore Firefox.
5.Try resizing the window.
Actual Results:  
When the window is maximized (step 3), the contents do not repaint appropriately. This happens on any web page.

When the window is resized larger than about 1024x768, the contents of the window seem to freeze, and the status bar and scroll bar image gets painted within the window as if it was a frozen window.

Expected Results:  
The contents of the window should resize accordingly no matter what size the window is in.

Comment 1

[Jonathan Paz]

I've found out that in a long site, when I scroll, the browser paints the scrolling correctly, which pushes aside the bad painting.

Comment 2

[Jonathan Paz]

I think it's due to my computer's desktop settings. I messed with them a bit and it got fixed.