736493 - Inspector displays differently with Firefox 3 theme for Firefox 4+ installed

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(DevTools :: Inspector, defect)

Description

[rokeefe1]

Attachment: Windows XP Inspector Screenshot

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Build ID: 20120312181643

Steps to reproduce:

I was trying out the new inspector tool in Firefox and noticed that it displays differently depending on what OS I'm on.


Actual results:

When I view the inspector on Windows XP is displays in a very visually aesthetic way.  When I view the inspector on Windows Vista it displays with large ugly buttons.  Other than the operating system the only difference is that I am using a theme on Vista to make the UI look like the UI does on Windows XP.  My Windows XP machine uses the Default 11 theme.


Expected results:

The inspector should look similar on Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Comment 1

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Does the difference still exist on the Vista machine if you start Firefox in Safe Mode? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

How about with a new, empty profile? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic%20Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile

Comment 2

[rokeefe1]

Attachment: Windows Vista Screenshot

Comment 3

[rokeefe1]

Vista displays properly with the default theme, but not with the "Firefox 3 theme for Firefox 4+".  I would expect Inspector to look the same no matter what the theme is.  Please let me know if this is an incorrect assumption.

Comment 4

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

If a theme overwrites a style that inspector is using, what would you expect FF to do? I suppose they (the developers) could use a whole new set of css rules, but themes would still be able to override...and if themes couldn't skin Inspector I am sure people would complain...

Comment 5

[rokeefe1]

Thank you for the clarification.  It sounds like this is expected behavior then.  I'll mark this bug as resolved and invalid.