495220 - Text / Input boxes rendering incorrect (too wide) in size

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[u346477]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090527 Minefield/3.6a1pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090527 Minefield/3.6a1pre

Google's text input box on their main search web page, as well as many other (a wTorrent login page for example) are rendering considerably wider than they should. The Google input box stretches the whole way across the page ( http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/145528/ff-google-text-input.png ), though the wTorrent only stretches too approximately 150%.

Reproducible: Always




This may be a minor bug but I have seen it getting in the way of other components (such as Browse buttons) being visible and thus there is a potential for a loss of function.

Comment 3

[David Davis]

I see the same thing on my machine; this seemed to start occurring after one of the latest (3.5.2, 3.5.3) updates; I still have the 3.0 branch installed on my machine, and it doesn't happen there, so this seems to be a 3.5 only bug at this point.  I don't come up with much when I google for this, so I'm also guessing that this is a Linux-only bug.

Anyway, to see what I mean, see http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2yvwawk&s=4 (sorry for the **** tinypic site, if i could attach stuff to this bug I would).

Comment 4

[David Davis]

Whoops, I forgot to mention that I've tried safe-mode and with a new profile, and neither helps.  Only running the 3.0 branch made a difference.

Comment 5

[savailonei]

Just updated to 3.5.5, it still occurs (not only for x86_64 as you report, but also for x86_32 Linux - //Fedora Core 10 here). One improvement: the input box on main google site now looks ok:))

Comment 6

[David Davis]

I fixed this on my machine; it was due to a non-default gtk font.  I downloaded a separate set of fonts (Lucida Mac fonts) and had forgotten that I was using them.  After removing those fonts, the problem went away.

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 8

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 4 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.