464086 - Search bar is shown with incorrect width in linux only

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Anthony Noto]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008101315 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008101315 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.3

The textbox using firefox-3 on ubuntu appears as it does in the screenshot <http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19209463/bug.png>. Using opera in ubuntu produces a textbox about half as long as the screenshot. Using firefox-3 in windows xp produces a text box that is perfectly aligned with the top links and is about a third as long as the screenshot.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. View http://www.baidu.com in both windows and linux versions of firefox
Actual Results:  
The text box is not aligned with the top navigation links in linux.  In windows, the same text box is aligned perfectly with the top navigation links.  

Expected Results:  
Windows and Linux versions of firefox should display the text box perfectly aligned with the top nav links.  

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/292443

Comment 1

[Alexander Sack]

the side uses absolute css metrics (margin .. 15px ...), which probably means they tuned their layout for win ... marking bug invalid

Comment 2

[Apurva]

This Bug should not be marked invalid, as its prevalent in most sites, and is happening on firefox 3.0 and 3.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) as well. The width of text boxes on prominent sites like google.com is stretched as well (See attached screenshot). This bug renders complex forms unusable on Firefox and is a serious issue for me.

Screenshot: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30855646/firefox_bug.png